11. Tbere are now approxinately 100,000 people of rroth sexes and all ages vrho havebecone day labourers employed by rsraeli €ntrepreneurs. A significant mlnority ofthese are illegall-y, precariously and ofcen miserably housed for mo6t of the rreekon their employers' prernises. The rest return hone in the evening, corunuting up tofour hours a day. This large palestinian labour force perforns the nost menialtasks in the rsraeri economy, for irhich it receives inadeduate pay and vlrcualry nosocial benefits. palestinian unions are rtifred in the occupied territories andforbidden fron operating on bebalf of ttlese migrant rrorkers withln fsrael.A/40/'102 Engli sh Page 136 12. The other ernigrants, Ehose nho seek employrnent in the Arab world and elseyrhere, are threaBened in a specific, albeit different, but ultinately nore destructive manner: they must often commit thernselves to staying out of. their honeland for three to five yearsi and nhen they return. they may on one Eechni.cality or another be denied re-entry. They are thus tbreatened with de facto deportation due to a grin econornic situation compounded by various bureaucratic art i f ices. 13. The Israeli economy is now in crlsis: the populatlon of the occupied territories, having been stifled in its agriculturaL and industrial activities. is now lhreacened even in its capacltv ag a subservient Labour force. Health and health care 14. such Palegcinian institutions ab Al Najah National University, the Arab college of Medical Professions (El-Bireh), Bethlebern and Bir zeit universitles, in addition to IJNRWA and certain voluntary agencies, provide quality health educa!ion for the Palestinians under occupatlon. Unfortunately' that education cannot readily be cranslated into improved bealth care because the healtsh sector, under Israeli governnen! control. is stifled in its financial and technical means. Sinple meahs for preventing improvement in healtsh care are applied3 'f,ordanianhospitals in Bet El, Nablus and Jerusalem ttere respectively Eransformed into a
**Analysis**
The text discusses the situation of Palestinian workers in Israel, including their employment, housing, and social benefits. It highlights the precarious conditions of day laborers, the lack of social benefits, and the restrictions on unionization. The text also touches on the impact of the Israeli economy on the Palestinian population, including the stifling of agricultural and industrial activities. The health and education sectors are mentioned as being affected by the occupation.

**Category**
Employment, Health