ONGOING ISRAELI RESTRICTIONS HAMPERING PALESTINIAN EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY – UN REPORT A COMPLEX STATE ISSUE DUE TO RELIGIOUS APPROACH THAT NEED TO APPROACH TOWARD A MANDATE

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Date: 6 Jun 2013 13:00:00 -0400
Subject: ONGOING ISRAELI RESTRICTIONS HAMPERING PALESTINIAN
EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY – UN REPORT
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ONGOING ISRAELI RESTRICTIONS HAMPERING PALESTINIAN EMPLOYMENT,
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY – UN REPORTNew York, Jun 6 2013 1:00PMThe United
Nations labour agency is
<"http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_215030/lang--en/index.htm">calling
for lifting restrictions on movement, employment and economic activity
in the occupied Arab territories to boost opportunities for decent
work and to enable the Palestinian economy to grow.

In its annual <"http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_norm/---relconf/documents/meetingdocument/wcms_213298.pdf">report
on the situation of workers of the occupied Arab territories, which
was presented today in Geneva, the International Labour Organization
(ILO) cites a number of factors for the fiscal crisis in Palestine.

These include the ongoing failure of donors to meet their commitments,
the decision of Israel to suspend, at least temporarily, the payment
of clearance revenues, as well as the pace of settlement growth.

"This situation calls for measures by Israel not only to relax the
application of restrictions on people and businesses but to lift them
altogether, thus enabling the Palestinian economy to grow and generate
decent jobs," ILO Director-General Mr Ryder says in his preface to the
report.

"The continuing occupation and expanding settlement activity are
blocking the Palestinian economy, particularly its private sector,
from significant progress," he adds. The current situation will remain
unsustainable until it is based on social justice.

According to the ILO, the Palestinian economy is grappling with
stagnating growth, higher unemployment and poverty and food
dependency. The number of unemployed Palestinians rose by 15.3 per
cent between 2011 and 2012, with the unemployment rate reaching 23 per
cent.

The situation is "particularly acute" in Gaza, where unemployment has
reached 31 per cent and is almost 50 per cent amongst women, the
agency said in a news release.

It adds that 18.4 per cent of young Palestinians were neither in the
labour force nor in education, including 31.4 per cent of young women.
"These bleak indicators point to a clear need to develop large-scale
programmes to support the school-to-work transition, such as a youth
employment guarantee scheme," says ILO.

Excessive restrictions, which are economically and socially
unproductive, are harming both Palestinian and Israeli business
activities and any prospects for growth led by the private sector, it
adds.

While last year's report warned of a dangerous political stalemate,
there had still been, at that time, some advances in terms of economic
growth, employment, social dialogue and gender equality in the
Palestinian labour market, Mr. Ryder says.

"The momentum for growth, already fragile at the time, has now come to
a halt, and a fiscal crisis is turning into an economic and social
crisis," he adds.

The report says that any effort to maintain a perceived status quo, in
effect, promotes or at least permits "a further dangerous
deterioration of the situation."

"At the very least, nothing should be done to make the situation
worse," says Mr. Ryder. "Denying rightful resources to the Palestinian
Authority, stepping up the already unprecedented pace of settlement
growth and constraining the Palestinian economy through restrictions
and the weight of the settlements, will inevitably destroy any belief
in the promise of two States for two peoples.

"Instead," he states, "together with genuine negotiations, what is
needed is action to revive the flagging peace process and restore
economic growth."

The report also points out that work in settlements remains largely
unregulated and is open to abuse. The State Comptroller and Ombudsman
of Israel had recently criticized the Israeli authorities for slow
action in ensuring the inspection of wages, occupational safety and
health, and social insurance for all settlement workers, including
Palestinians.

"All workers, irrespective of their place and form of employment, must
be treated with dignity and respect for their fundamental rights, and
must have effective access to remedies in the event of violations,"
Mr. Ryder states.

The ILO is currently hosting the 102nd session of the International
Labour Conference, which opened on 30 May and runs through 14 June.Jun
6 2013 1:00PM
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