WASHINGTON TIMES
Jobless and Desperate Palestinians
by Clifford May
October 28, 2015

A few years ago, Daniel Birnbaum, an Israeli businessman, had an odd idea: “I decided I wanted to employ Palestinians.” So he took over a factory on the West Bank — where unemployment runs about 30% — and he hired more than 500 Palestinians. He also hired 350 Israeli Arabs and 300 Israeli Jews. He paid them all “Israeli wages” which are four times higher than the West Bank average.  But because Palestinians are not Israeli citizens and therefore don’t qualify for Israeli health care, he purchased private insurance for them, as well as for their dependents, knowing full well that “each employee supports about ten family members.” READ MORE