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| Cops arrest 500 unauthorized Palestinian workers in S.Israel this year |
| 2016-07-09 |
| [IsraelTimes] In crackdown on West Bank residents entering Israel illegally, Southern District Police shutters factories, confiscates vehicles Israel Police officers from the Southern District have tossed in the calaboose Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! hundreds of Paleostinians who entered the country without legal work permits since the beginning of the year, according to new figures released Wednesday. Police have also detained dozens of Israeli employers who hired the workers, and temporarily shuttered two factories in the south. In light of the ongoing spate of terror attacks that have struck Israel over the past nine months, police have been cracking down on West Bank Paleostinians sneaking into Israel to work without the requisite permits, as a number of attacks have been carried out by such individuals. "This action presents a meaningful component in thwarting terror attacks," the police said in a statement. Since January, officers in the Southern District have arrested approximately 500 Paleostinians, along with 25 employers and 35 Israeli nationals who transported them, the department said. Officers in the rest of the country have arrested hundreds more. In March, the Israel Police said its officers had detained some 1,200 Paleostinians who had entered Israel illegally over the course of five months. "Indictments have been filed against the majority of the [Paleostinians] -- more than 90 percent -- for crimes related to entering Israel," the police said. In addition, 33 vehicles have been impounded and two factories -- a chicken processing facility in Segev Shalom and a concrete block manufacturer in Tel Sheva -- were shut down for 30 days in a punitive measure under an amended law passed earlier this year that allows for harsher punishments to be meted out to those who help people enter Israel illegally. "The decision to close a factory is serious, dramatic and grave. On the one hand, there is the growing involvement of Paleostinians who enter Israel illegally in dangerous terrorist activities that endanger public safety, while on the other hand there is the economic damage of shutting a plant that employs workers on a daily basis," police said. |
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| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-07-09 13:44 |
| #1 two factories -- a chicken processing facility in Segev Shalom and a concrete block manufacturer in Tel Sheva -- were shut down for 30 days in a punitive measure under an amended law passed earlier this year that allows for harsher punishments to be meted out to those who help people enter Israel illegally Hmmm... sounds like an idea we could use. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-07-09 13:39 |