A survey of commuting labor from the West Bank to Israel

From: The Middle East Journal | Date: October 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

This article is based on a survey of labor commuting from the West Bank to Israel. The principal results from the survey indicate that the majority of commuters had had their land confiscated by the Israeli authorities prior to starting to commute. The results also show that for some commuters their job in Israel represented a first time job while others had been unemployed before commuting. The combined effects of a stagnating indigenous economy burdened by the politics and economics of occupation, and the sudden drop in initial wealth, primarily as a result of land confiscation, represented ...

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