The impact of the continuous inter-state conflict on the policy toward rights of migrant workers in Israel

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The impact of the continuous inter-state conflict
on the policy toward rights of migrant workers in
Israel
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The Israeli Palestinian conflict

• Beginning of 20th century- beginning of mass
  Jewish migration to Palestine.
• 1948 establishment of Jewish state in Israel
  and a war between Israel and its neighbors
• 1967- occupation of the Palestinian territory.
• 1987- first Intifada

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Impacts of the armed conflict on migrants life in
Israel on the personal level

• Living under fire risk of death and injuries
• employers use the attacks as another mean of
  control over workers
• Entering of weaker migrants populations to work
  in dangerous zones greater risk of abuse and
  exploitation.

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Migrant workers as a "weapon" used to control
Palestinian population

• 1967- 1990 Palestinian workers from the occupied
  territories makes most of the work force in
  agriculture and construction sectors in Israel.
  Israel develops a growing dependency in cheap
  labor.
• 90s- escalation in the conflict causes a policy
  of separation and Palestinian workers are not
  allowed in Israel
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• Economical hardship on Palestinian population
• Manpower distress for Israeli employers

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• Migrant workers replacing Palestinian workers.
• The existence of migrant worker allow Israel to
  keep on with the separation policy and putting
  more economical pressure on the Palestinian
  population in attempt to maintain the armed
  uprising against the Israeli occupation

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The conflict impact on shaping Israel strict
migration policy

• History of the Jewish people as persecuted
  minority continuous armed conflict
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• constant anxiety over threats to Israel's
  existence
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• Seclusion and xenophobia
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• strict regulations aimed to prevent migrants from
  settling in Israel

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Restrictions on family life

• Prohibition on entering of family members to the
  country
• Deportation of migrants who met their spouses in
  Israel
• revoking and non-renewal of work permits of
  migrant workers who got pregnant and gave birth
  in Israel

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Effects of the pregnancy regulation

• Violating basic human rights
• Discrimination
• Violating the right to maintain family life
• Creation of poor, Invisible families
• intensification of conception of migrant workers
  as right-less work force, that contribute to
  traffic in persons.

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Actions

• Advocacy Kav-Laoveds petitions to the HCG.
• Individual assistance of the embassies in Israel
  to migrants in crisis
• using the fact that Israel is so dependent
  on migrant workforce as a bargaining tool in
  negotiations with the government concerning their
  rights, terms of stay and employment.