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Gantz to give tens of thousands of extra work visas to Palestinians
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz stated on Tuesday that he is offering a plan to give work permits to tens of thousands of additional Palestinians.
Now, an evaluated 100,000 Palestinians join Israel legally to work after being screened by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and obtaining an Israeli permit.
Gantz said that the action would be offered alongside continued intensified intelligence, as well as offensive and defensive measures currently being taken by security forces to stop the current wave of the deadly attack.
“We are advancing solutions that will enable the entry of tens of thousands of additional workers into Israel in an organized manner,” reported Gantz, during a tour with Israel Defense Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Herzi Halevi and other senior IOF commanders.
During the tour, Gantz obtained a functional briefing on the latest outcomes. He stated that work would soon begin to start closing gaps in the seam-line barrier.
Two Palestinian have in recent days entered Israel and conducted attacks by manipulating gaps in the fence. Five people were shot dead in a shooting attack in Bnei Brak on March 29, and three were killed by a Palestinian gunman in Tel Aviv on April 7.
“IOF soldiers are deployed along the seamline, in Israel, and in the deepness of Judea and Samaria, equipped with all of the means necessary to provide security, and as a product of that, a sense of security,” declared the defense minister.
“We will continue to operate in the depth of the territory to stop the terrorists, their abettors, and weapons dealers, in every place, at any time and with any necessary force,” he said.
Allowing more Palestinians not implicated in violence to work in Israel will in the long run improve security while increasing both the Israeli and Palestinian economies, he announced, saying “we will continue to fight attacks and look out for the economy.”
