SodaStream, the drinks firm hit by boycott calls two years ago, made redundant its last Palestinian workers Monday after Israeli authorities refused to grant them work permits, the company said.
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Some analysts say Palestinian frustration with Israeli settlement building in the West Bank, the complete lack of progress in peace efforts and their own fractured leadership have fed the unrest.
Since last October, the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories have seen numerous clashes between frustrated Palestinians and Israeli forces.
In all, about 500 Palestinians lost their jobs after the factory moved previous year following a high-profile boycott campaign against SodaStream.
At least 15 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier were also injured during the imbroglio.
Meanwhile, a Palestinian NGO said Monday that more than 700 Palestinians are now being held in administrative detention, a policy under which Palestinian inmates are kept in Israeli detention facilities without trial or charge.
Israeli troops are kicking up a stink over their scraggly beards amid a surge of violence against Palestinians, who are forced to run for their lives from the atrocities of the Tel Aviv regime. “I am sad because I am leaving friends I have worked with for a long time”.
The company, which had revenues of $112.9 million in the final quarter of 2015, initially threatened to halt production at its factory unless the “essential” workers were given permits.
Birnbaum said he was “still hopeful” a solution could be found and said the company might move some operations back to the West Bank.
“There is no hope in Palestine”. The report said that 80 percent of the terrorists and attackers came from the West Bank, mostly the area of Hebron and Ramallah.
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Palestinian fishermen’s captain, Nizar Ayyash, said that Israeli naval forces arrested nine fishermen working off the Gaza coasts, after surrounding the boats. “We became like brothers”. A total of around 1,200 people work at the factory.
