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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-1.702003
Israeli Security Cabinet Approves 30,000 More Palestinians to Work in Israel
(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel - Israel's security cabinet has approved allowing 30,000 more Palestinians to work in Israel, despite the escalation in terror attacks in recent months. In the recent escalation, only two attacks were carried out by Palestinians working in Israel. Attacks by family members of Palestinians with Israeli work permits are also considered rare. Some 120,000 Palestinians work for Israelis, including 58,000 with permits to work within Israel, 30,000 who work in Israel illegally, and 27,000 who work in industrial zones in West Bank settlements. Senior security sources have expressed support for the continued employment of Palestinians as a means of dissuading thousands of people from committing violent acts. Recently, Israel has begun to withdraw work permits from relatives of terrorists killed during their assaults for fear that those relatives would commit revenge attacks.