The West Bank, up against the wall: Illegal Palestinian workers face exploitation and danger
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Our reporters in the Middle East went to meet Palestinians who are desperately trying to reach Israel to find work there. Before the October 7 attacks, 120,000 Palestinian workers held permits allowing them to enter Israel legally. Today, only a handful of permits are issued. Facing an economic crisis devastating the occupied West Bank, many have no choice but to take the illegal route.
Almost every day near Jerusalem, dozens of men try to scale an 8-metre-high concrete wall separating Israel from the West Bank. On the other side, Israeli soldiers respond with tear gas and, sometimes, with live ammunition.
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In this special report, "The West Bank, up against the wall", FRANCE 24's Claire Duhamel and Mohamed Farhat shed light on a lesser-known aspect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: how two previously intertwined economies are now drifting apart, and how Palestinian traffickers are profiting from desperate workers.