Barred from work in Israel, Palestinians return to farming

  • 2 months ago
Hussein Jamil is a Palestinian who worked in Israel for 22 years. But once the war in Gaza began, his permit to enter and work in Israel was revoked. He and dozens of others have turned to agriculture for their livelihoods. But when the opportunity comes to return to their old work, will they go back?

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Transcript
00:00It's a good day to be here.
00:02Yeah.
00:21Good picture.
00:22I like it.
00:31I'm not a refugee.
00:34The teacher I used to work with called me two weeks ago.
00:37He said, I'll arrange for you to go to the port.
00:39Come in, and the car will take you and take you back.
00:42Wherever you want.
00:43Anytime you want.
00:44I told him, I'm an Israeli. I don't want to go there.
00:47I have a big and good job here.
00:49I don't want to leave it and go back to Israeli work.
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