Multimedia Newsroom
Monday, 13 April 2015
Available in
  • ENG
  • العربية

  • Israel: Settlement Agriculture Harms Palestinian Children

    (Jerusalem, April 13, 2015) – Israeli settlement farms in the West Bank are using Palestinian child labor to grow, harvest, and pack agricultural produce, much of it for export, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The farms pay the children low wages and subject them to dangerous working conditions in violation of international standards.
    The 74-page report, “Ripe for Abuse: Palestinian Child Labor in Israeli Agricultural Settlements in the West Bank,” documents that children as young as 11 work on some settlement farms, often in high temperatures. The children carry heavy loads, are exposed to hazardous pesticides, and in some cases have to pay themselves for medical treatment for work-related injuries or illness.
    Videos (1)
    2015MENA OPT Child Labor FINAL REDO-HI RES 16x9.mov
    Feature
    3m 45s