rn view of the rise in unenployment levels and by vlrtue of the famous zionistprinciple of 'rHebrew labour" whlch has been applied ever since the Zionlsts beganlo migrate to Israel and under which Jewish enterprises are forbidden to employArabs, the official policy has been to replace Arab i{orkers by unemployed Israeliworkers. Moshe Qasab, the fsraeli ltinister of Labour, announced that preference would be given to Jewish workers. As for the head of the fsraeli Department for Employment, he was more specific in a statement which he made in the middle of August 1984. Indeed. he said that the problem of unenployment would be overcome atthe expense of the workers of the occupied terrltorles. Tl,renty tot$enty-five per cent of then would be replaced each flpnth, and priority rrould begiven to Jewish r*orkers in the prdcess of replacement. For example, this impllesthat if there is a need for hrorkers to pick tomEtoes and Jeuish workers refuse toperform such r.rork, workers fron TuIkarD hrill be cal-Ied upon to do so. Mr. Ashra AwhPrdiyun, Di rector-General at the Israeli Ministry of L€bour, saidA/40 /702 EngIi sh Page 144 that the tlne haat come to steD the flofl of rdorkers from the llest Bank and the Gaza strip lnto Israel, since it had reached the figure of 8l'000. Hlstradrutrs prograome to reduce unemployment, which was publlshed at the beginning of the last guarter of the year, clearly lndicates that in matters of employment, preference wlll be accorded to Israeli rrorkers to the detrlnent of lrorkers fron the occupied territories. This is precisely nhat has been happening. Unemployment levels have rlsen considerably in the w€st B€nk and Gaza as can be observed by anyone taking a morning rralk in tbe areas rrhere these job-seekers non gather to form "slave-narkets' in AL-Irlasrarah, Fawq-Al-Ma jda l, Q6lqiliya, Kafr saba etc.
**Analysis**
The text primarily discusses the employment policies and practices in Israel, specifically the replacement of Arab workers by unemployed Israeli workers, and the impact of this policy on unemployment levels in the West Bank and Gaza strip. The text highlights the discriminatory nature of the policy, which favors Jewish workers over Arab workers, and the human consequences of this policy, such as the formation of "slave-markets" in various areas.

**Category**
Employment, Humanitarian aid and relief