{"id":312028,"date":"2026-02-26T23:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/312028\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T23:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T23:19:13","slug":"palestinian-workers-face-more-challenges-as-israel-agrees-to-import-50000-new-labourers-from-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/312028\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian workers face more challenges as Israel agrees to import 50,000 new labourers from India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">India and Israel have signed 16 agreements during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s visit, which includes provisions for 50,000 additional Indian labourers to receive visas for work in Israel.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Israel would allow 50,000 additional Indian workers into the country over the next five years, especially in manufacturing sectors, an Indian foreign ministry statement said on Thursday after Modi\u2019s visit. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">After October 2023, Israel barred most Palestinian workers from entering Israel. India stepped in by sending waves of low-cost Indian workers to Israel.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">By mid-2025,<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/over-20-000-indian-workers-currently-employed-in-israel-mea-to-parliament-101754573536488.html\"> over 20,000 Indian labourers had gone to Israel<\/a>, including thousands in construction, explicitly replacing Palestinian labour and supporting Israel&#8217;s economy and construction sector during the genocide.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">India has historically supported the establishment of a Palestinian state but under the Modi government New Delhi has sometimes abstained from criticism of Israel in international forums, including in voting at the United Nations about the genocide in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Prior to Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza, some 100,000 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank worked inside Israel, with an additional 40,000 employed in illegal settlements and Israeli-controlled industrial zones in the occupied West Bank.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">Currently, approximately 7,000 Palestinians are permitted entry into Israel monthly, with an additional 9,000 working in illegal settlements or adjacent industrial areas.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">According to Israeli government data, Palestinians constituted 29 percent of Israel\u2019s construction workforce before 7 October, but now that workforce is being replaced by lower-cost Indian workers.<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">The average monthly salary in the Occupied West Bank is approximately $430. In contrast, Israel\u2019s minimum wage, applicable to legally employed Palestinian workers, is about $1,890, while skilled Palestinian construction workers can make $2,380 or more per month.<\/p>\n<p><a data-link-preview=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.trtworld.com\/article\/16400ab1455c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"relative flex w-full px-4 py-3 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded bg-[#F1F1F1] border-l-0 transition-all duration-200 ease-in-out box-border mb-4 hover:bg-[#F9F9F9] hover:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] focus:bg-[#F9F9F9] focus:shadow-[0_4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0_-4px_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06),4px_0_6px_-1px_rgba(0,0,0,0.06)] before:content-[&quot;&quot;] before:absolute before:left-0 before:top-0 before:bottom-0 before:w-[3px] before:rounded-l-md before:bg-[#01ABD9]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"flex justify-center items-center rounded-md !w-20 !h-20 aspect-square flex-shrink-0 sm:rounded md:rounded-md lg:!w-[84px] lg:!h-[84px] lg:rounded xl:rounded-md\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/3c8befcdfbe176f3799ca5ddc59ee00c8eccfbe36ee62196cb4b82d492ca46ae.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p textalign=\"\" class=\"\">India-Israel ties under Modi<\/p>\n<p textalign=\"left\" class=\"\">Under Modi, India-Israel ties have strengthened, signalling a major shift in India&#8217;s foreign policy towards closer relations with Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"India and Israel have signed 16 agreements during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s visit, which includes provisions for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-312028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}