Israel intends to bring in 65,000 foreign workers to replace the Palestinian workers
The Israeli government said on Sunday that it would bring in 65,000 workers from India, Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan to resume suspended construction work after the government expelled Palestinian workers following the attack by Hamas on Israel on October 7.
About 72,000 Palestinian workers were working on construction sites in Israel before the attack, which prompted the government to dismiss and exclude them for security reasons.
There are still about 20,000 foreign workers in Israel, but nearly half of the construction sites have been closed due to labor shortages.
A spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Housing said that new groups of foreign workers are expected to arrive in the coming weeks as the government seeks to avoid a shortage in the supply of housing units that would lead to raising real estate prices as interest rates begin to decrease.
