162 of the state’s affairs. Work is a right for all citizens, while public office in itself is not a right for all citizens. It is governed by the need for public office and the administration of the state, and is also governed by standards of fair choice that enables the selection of the best to manage the state’s affairs.197 F‐ PNA policies violating the right to work: On 26/04/2010, the PNA laid down a decision with law No. (4) of 2010 on the prohibition and control of products of the settlements. Under this law, it prohibited dealing with the products of the Israeli settlements, where a number of Palestinian workers contribute to their production. It also prevented Palestinians workers from working in these settlements. Palestinian citizens are banned from dealing with settlement products, and Palestinian workers are also banned from working in the settlements, both in the production of these prohibited goods or in other services performed in these settlements. This step carried pure nationalist intentions, especially in regard to the prohibition of dealing with the illegal Israeli settlements built on Palestine occupied in 1967. These intentions, however, have not been expressed in the best way that would provide the right to work for those who will be affected by this decision. These intentions have been expressed in a way that violated the constitutional right of citizens to work. They prevented Palestinian workers from working in Israeli settlements, and did provide the appropriate national alternative for them, and did not impose on the Palestinian economic institutions any obligation to employ any worker who was prevented by the law in question from working in the settlements.198 Gaza Strip 197 For more information see the internal memorandum prepared by the Commission on the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) in October 2010. 198 Statistics of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in January 2010 indicate that there are about 10,800 Palestinian workers employed in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, according to the overall statistics for the year 2009.