A Palestinian workman on Saturday evening was badly injured in his head after he fell down as Israeli soldiers were chasing him near a separation fence in the west of Jenin.
According to the worker’s family 24-year-old Mahmoud Qasrawi suffered bleeding from a serious head injury as he and other workers were running from soldiers who chased them near a perimeter fence in Rummanah village.
Qasrawi was transferred to Rafidia Hospital for medical assistance.
West Bank workers are always exposed to shooting detention and different assaults during their attempts to reach workplaces inside Israel (the 1948 occupied lands).
According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem tens of thousands of Palestinians from the West Bank enter Israel every day for work but about a third has no choice but to risk entering without permits.
“They are caught between a rock and hard place: On one hand Israel issues permits sparingly based on arbitrarily chosen stringent criteria. On the other hand it prevents the development of an independent Palestinian economy by restricting imports exports industrial development and movement and by taking over land reserves and other Palestinian resources. This leaves Palestinians with no possibility to make a substantial living within the West Bank” B’Tselem said.
