PMW Bulletin
Feb. 26, 2015
EU survey: Palestinians working for Israelis are paid double those working
in the West Bank and triple those in the Gaza Strip
http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=14122

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik
p:+972 2 625 4140 e: pmw@palwatch.org
f: +972 2 624 2803 w: www.palwatch.org

A survey conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS)
during October-December 2014, and funded by the European Union, shows that
Palestinians who work in Israel or Israeli settlements are paid more than
double the wage of Palestinians working in the PA-governed areas of the West
Bank. In Israel and Israeli settlements, the average daily wage for
Palestinians was 194.2 shekels during the period surveyed, while
Palestinians working in the PA in the West Bank only earned 91.4 shekels
daily. The average wage for Palestinians working for Israelis was triple
that of those employed in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, who made only 66.1
shekels daily.

The results of this survey match the findings reported by Palestinian Media
Watch last September, when the official PA daily lauded Israeli employers
for their positive employment ethics towards their Palestinian employees.

Among the paper's findings then:

"Whenever Palestinian workers have the opportunity to work for Israeli
employers, they are quick to quit their jobs with their Palestinian
employers - for reasons having to do with salaries and other rights."

"The [Israeli] work conditions are very good, and include transportation,
medical insurance and pensions. These things do not exist with Palestinian
employers."

[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 21, 2014]

The recent PCBS survey stated that the number of Palestinians employed by
Israelis was around 105,200 people at the end of 2014, 20,200 of whom were
employed in settlements. Around a fourth of the Palestinian work force was
unemployed (26.5%). The survey also examined other labor force issues and
can be viewed here.
http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/site/512/default.aspx?tabID=512&lang=en&ItemID=1318&mid=3171&wversion=Staging

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