TITLE

Gaza/West Bank

PUB. DATE

September 1999

SOURCE

MEED: Middle East Economic Digest;09/03/99, Vol. 43 Issue 35, p18

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Reports on the Israeli Defense Ministry's decision to lower age restrictions for the entry of Palestinian workers into Israel in an attempt to encourage more laborers from the Palestinian autonomous areas.

ACCESSION #

2262362

Tags: LABOR policy;  LABOR market

 

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