Slippery Slope

Arab laborers are barred from entering the settlement of Ma’ale Levona in the Binyamin region of the West Bank, even though the restriction harms infrastructure work the local council is interested in conducting in the settlement.

(Hebrew - Hakol Hayehudi)

Slogans against the employment of Arab laborers were spray-painted on the walls of a construction site in Haifa.  In addition, “Price Tag” slogans were spray-painted on the vehicle of an Arab contractor who works in the city.

(Hebrew)

Dozens of signs calling for a boycott of Arab laborers and displaying an image of an Arab with blood on his hand were posted in the settlement of Yad Binyamin.

(Hebrew)

Jews distributed pamphlets encouraging the employment of Jewish laborers over Arabs in the settlement Alon Shvut in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank.

(Hebrew)

Four youths have been arrested on suspicion of forming a conspiracy to commit a misdemeanor after walking through Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem and asking shop owners if they employ only Jewish workers.  According to the Honenu association the police refused to state which misdemeanor they were planning to commit.

(Hebrew)