The number of Palestinian workers that work within the Green Line is about (150000)
workers, constituting (20%) of the total Palestinian workforce. About (85000) workers work
within the Green Line with official work permits issued by the Israeli occupation authorities.
Also, about (30000) workers work in the Israeli settlements and there are (23000) other
workers work without official work permits.23
The occupying power continued to evade compliance with international agreements and standards
related to employment and relevant to the Palestinian workers, and thus acted unilaterally against
the workers and consequently obstructed ability to pursue their rights with the Israeli side,
especially social rights. The Israeli occupation acted that way in taking measures and adopting
mechanisms in dealing with the Palestinian workers. This consequently marginalized the role of
the Palestinian Ministry of Labor and rendered it unable to play its role in organizing the process
of employing Palestinian workers inside the Green Line, in order to improve the inhuman
conditions that workers suffer, where around (75000) workers, who enter everyday through the
Israeli crossings, endure humiliation and oppression while crossing to their work. The
phenomenon of permit brokers continued to expand, with no counter measures by the Israeli
occupation government to combat it. This phenomenon resulted in making each worker pay around
(3000) shekels to get a working permit. During the year, (220) Palestinian workers were injured
while working inside the Green Line, (20) of them died of work injuries.
11- The land Sector: The Israeli annexation and expansion wall, military roadblocks and arbitrary
practices of the Israeli occupation forces have impeded the ability of citizens and land owners to
use and access or event enter their land for agriculture or to develop their property.
This has contributed to the continuation and accumulation of citizens’ conflicts over land
ownership, which constituted undermining the Palestinian civil and social peace.
The classification of areas also contributed to limiting the process of land use, as the majority
(61%) of the West Bank land is located in Area C, which is under Israeli control, where the arbitrary
occupation policies there impede the work of land survey teams, by preventing them from
conducting the necessary surveys and plans. The Israeli occupation forces and settlers also
assaulted these teams in some cases. In addition, the failure of the Israeli side to recognize the
ownership registration documents issued by the State of Palestine in area C led to weakening
citizens' trust in the departments of the Palestinian Land Authority, as well as in their credibility
and the protection it stands for.24
In the context of the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Palestinian Land Settlement project
PLSP, the Israeli occupation forces attacked the offices of the Palestinian Land Settlement Project
with the objective of impeding their work. The Israeli occupation forces warned the PLSP to stop
land settlement in Area "C" and in the Jerusalem area. In addition, the occupation forces stormed
A correspondence received by the ICHR from the Ministry of Labor on February 3, 2020. .23
Information received for the ICHR by the Land Authority on February 19, 2020. .24