A Palestinian worker was injured on Sunday when Israeli soldiers opened fire at him near the separation wall in Qalqilya province in the north of the West Bank as he was trying to reach his workplace in 1948 occupied Palestine (Israel).
Local sources said that a young workman called Ali Lami from Iskaka village in eastern Salfit suffered a bullet injury in his leg near the separation wall in Qalqilya and was evacuated to a hospital for medical assistance.
According to Israeli human rights group B’Tselem many Palestinian workmen have no choice but to risk entering Israel 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. This reality serves Israeli interests as it guarantees cheap [and] disempowered labor” B’Tselem says.
