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June 21, 2016       Share:    

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/world/middleeast/west-bank-israel-palestinians-smugglers.html

Smugglers in West Bank Open Door to Attackers and Jobseekers in Israel

(New York Times) James Glanz and Rami Nazzal - A thriving smuggling industry allows untold numbers of Palestinians to pass over, under, through or around the West Bank security barrier - for a price. Palestinian workers earn double or quadruple the wages they can in the West Bank. Punishment for those caught is generally being sent back to the other side. Attackers like the two Palestinian men who fatally shot four people this month at a Tel Aviv cafe sneak through as well. Between Oct. 1, 2015, and Feb. 1, 2016, 21 Palestinians who attacked Israelis had entered the country illegally.

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