Exploiting Palestinian Workers

Yarden Frankl
Crossing the Yarden
16 January '11

As all enlightened people believe, the evil settlers in the West Bank exploit Palestinian workers by forcing them to build Jewish housing in dangerous conditions at slave wages.

Well, not exactly.

I don’t know how many slaves drive Mercedes and the latest SUVs, but the contractors here seem to do all right. I have even heard that many send their children to college in the U.S. with the money that they earn from building settlements.

But that’s just the top guys. What about the workers? Well it seems rather telling that even though the Palestinian Authority has expressly forbid them from working for the evil settlers, they still come every day. In fact, many will tell you that they much prefer working in the settlements to work in Palestinian villages since their wages are so much higher here.

Yes, I know. Some have given interviews in the media about how they feel terrible working in settlements and only do so in order to feed their families. Deep down they hate the “occupation” and dream of a Palestinian State. I’m not surprised. I would say the exact same things publicly if I lived next to a gang of Hamas thugs who watched my kids go to school every day. But talk to them in private, and they will tell you a different story.

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