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Builders seek permits for 10,000 additional Palestinian workers

By Haim Bior

The Association of Contractors and Builders demanded Tuesday that the number of Palestinian construction workers who have permits to work in Israel be increased by 10,000.

According to the association, 5,000 are urgently needed. The 10,000 would be in addition to the 14,200 Palestinian workers currently employed in the sector.

The president of the association, Nisim Bublil, raised the demand Tuesday during a tour of construction sites in Jersulem with the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Major General Yossi Mishlav.

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The Jerusalem construction sites frequently employ Palestinian laborers.

"The construction industry craves for workers in order to meet project deadlines," said Bublil.

He also said that the number of migrant construction workers, who are mainly Romanian and Chinese, has shrunk massively in recent years to 8,000 only.

Bublil said that a significant effort has been made to recruit Israeli workers, but these were mostly employed as construction managers and not in manual labor.

Mishlav said during the tour that he favors the initiative to increase the number of Palestinian construction workers in principle, but their recruitment must be subject to individual security checks.

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1.	There should be good pay for this work	13:04	\|	Ky	21/08/07

2.	The Darfur refugees might like this work too	14:38	\|	Angelique	21/08/07

3.	Palestinians should look for work somewhere else	14:47	\|	Tamir Palestine	21/08/07

4.	Reject Builders demands , they increase arabs occupation	15:25	\|	Joseph E .	21/08/07

5.	Israeli workers are managers and not laborers	15:27	\|	Mary	21/08/07

6.	Aren`t there still unemployed Israelis?	15:58	\|	Daniel	21/08/07

7.	to Mary, a Jew Hater: Had you ever seen Israel,you Jew Hater?	16:26	\|	Vittorio	21/08/07

8.	TAMIR Palestine"kissing Romanian and Chinese arses" sic	16:31	\|	PETERSM	21/08/07

9.	Slavery ???	16:46	\|	Lee	21/08/07

10.	10,000 Arabs	16:49	\|	Ron	21/08/07

11.	# 7 Vittorio	17:58	\|	Mary	21/08/07

12.	#5	20:03	\|	Moshe	21/08/07

13.	Palestinians Should Refuse to Work in Israel	20:06	\|	Mr. Knowitall	21/08/07

14.	#11	20:14	\|	Moshe	21/08/07

15.	Well Said Mary	20:15	\|	Fred Farkelsteinman	21/08/07

16.	MODERNISE THE BUILDING TRADE.	20:18	\|	SM	21/08/07

17.	Fred the pig	20:29	\|	abu ahmed	21/08/07

18.	quite right Mr Knowitall	20:32	\|	abu ahmed	21/08/07

19.	permits for palestinian workers	20:42	\|	Leon	21/08/07

20.	Boycott Israel for EMPLOYING PALESTINIANS	22:32	\|	Gil	21/08/07

21.	You got it wrong Gil, the Paleastinians Need to Boycott Israel	23:57	\|	Mr. Knowitall	21/08/07

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