if there is anything that might put an end to the recent wave of terror attacks, it might just be this...
Globes is reporting that the organization of kablanim is requesting an urgent decision by the Ministry of Interior to bring in 20,000 laborers from China to replace the Palestinian laborers.
I am a bit disappointed by the basis of the request. The concern of the kablanim is not that some of their laborers are going to possibly turn, on any given and unexpected day, and attack someone with a knife or a hammer from the construction site. They might even attack a work manager or the kablan himself. Maybe a pedestrian nearby.
that is not what worries them.
The kablanim are simply worried about the possibility of a closure on areas from the West Bank that would prevent all the laborers from getting to their jobs, causing delays in construction. To make up for the loss of workers due to a closure, they want the Chinese to come to fill the void so the kablanim can continue to build even in the case of a closure.
Disappointing, but practical.
Regardless of the kablanim, perhaps the thought of 20,000 Palestinians losing their jobs is enough to cause them to think twice if they really want to go down this path of terror or not.
And if it is possible to replace the entire Palestinian workforce in Israel with foreign workers from other countries like China, maybe it is time to do so. Why should we be beholden to their whims of when to engage in terror and when not? While maybe it was a good idea for us to find a way to give them some sort of economic benefits such as employment, maybe now they have shown that we should not be so concerned about that and the risks involved are too great.
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