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At the start of the second Intifadah, Israel effectively divorced itself from the Palestinian Territories (although the two are, unfortunately for both parties, intrinsically linked economically).
The immediate affect was the sudden disappearance of the entire low-skilled workforce, as most builders/street-cleaners etc had been Arabs from Gaza and the West Bank. Entire portions of the economy ground to a halt.
An immediate solution was needed, which lead to hundreds of thousands of laborours from Asia, mostly Thailand, but also Laos, Cambodia, the Phillipines and China flooding into the country. Originally unsanctioned, after a series of deportations and clamp-downs, a system of quotas and visas was initiated...
But not soon enough to avoid an interesting phenomena. Many of the illegals procreated. Unofficially living in the country, they had families, meaning young children born in Israel, educated in its schools, speaking Hebrew, but in political no-man's land.
Like these children, leaving the local primary school on Friday morning - the start of the weekend.
Leica MP-3, Fuji Velvia 50, Summicron
89790037
At the start of the second Intifadah, Israel effectively divorced itself from the Palestinian Territories (although the two are, unfortunately for both parties, intrinsically linked economically).
The immediate affect was the sudden disappearance of the entire low-skilled workforce, as most builders/street-cleaners etc had been Arabs from Gaza and the West Bank. Entire portions of the economy ground to a halt.
An immediate solution was needed, which lead to hundreds of thousands of laborours from Asia, mostly Thailand, but also Laos, Cambodia, the Phillipines and China flooding into the country. Originally unsanctioned, after a series of deportations and clamp-downs, a system of quotas and visas was initiated...
But not soon enough to avoid an interesting phenomena. Many of the illegals procreated. Unofficially living in the country, they had families, meaning young children born in Israel, educated in its schools, speaking Hebrew, but in political no-man's land.
Like these children, leaving the local primary school on Friday morning - the start of the weekend.
Leica MP-3, Fuji Velvia 50, Summicron