The PLO's Hanan Ashrawi spoke to representatives of the International Labor Organization on Tuesday. Most of her speech was about how Israel is terrible for Palestinian workers.
Here's what she didn't mention.
About 127,000 Palestinians work in Israel - including some 22,000 in Israeli "settlements." This is about 13% of the total Palestinian workforce, including Gaza.
The average daily wage for Palestinians working in the West Bank (as of June 2018) is 107 shekels, while the average daily wage for those who work for Israelis is 248 shekels. This means about 30% of the income from West Bank Palestinians is from Israel.
Palestinian "activists" fight tooth and nail against Israel building more industrial parks in the territories, when in fact they would provide a huge boost to the PA economy.
These facts must have just slipped Ashrawi's mind.
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