Government approved: 500 Palestinian workers will be allowed in the Israeli high-tech industry.

The Israeli government has approved the absorption of 500 Palestinian workers in the high-tech industry. The decision will be implemented gradually: 200 Palestinian workers will join the industry in 2022, another 200 workers will be added in 2023 and another 100 will be employed in 2024. These workers will be equipped with work permits in the high-tech industry, without compromising the overall quota of work permits for Palestinians in Israel.
According to the outline, a limit will be set according to which the salary of a Palestinian worker in the high-tech industry will not be less than 150% of the average wage in Israel, with the aim of enabling Israeli high-tech companies to employ advanced Palestinian workers in direct employment instead of importing workers from abroad, mainly from Eastern Europe. As for the wages of Palestinian workers, the wages of Israeli workers employed in the industry are not expected to be affected.
"Israelis and Palestinians live in a common geographical area and we must strengthen the cooperation and interaction between citizens and economies," the Minister of Regional Cooperation Issawi Farage said after the decision was approved. "The absorption of high-tech workers expresses this desire to connect in all areas and opens gates not only for low-wage service and industry workers but also for white-collar workers in a leading industry suffering from severe labor shortages. Significant growth to strengthen the Palestinian economy.