Labor Minister Joseph Almogi told the Knesset yesterday that Arab labor from the administered territories must be regarded as a permanent factor in Israel. He said, however that if the economic condition of the territories was improved, the workers would prefer to find jobs closer to home.
Almogi said that the Six-Day War had lifted the economic “iron curtain” which formerly separated Israel from its surroundings. He noted that both hawks and doves in Israel envisaged a peace settlement that would allow workers to cross Israel’s borders freely in both directions.
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