The International Labor Organization (ILO), a UN agency, made a USD 20 million (EGP 618 million) appeal to donors on 9 November for funds to respond to the effects on Palestinian workers caused by the war on Gaza. The appeal comes as part of a three-phase response programme “set to provide both immediate relief and longer-term assistance to mitigate the effects of the crisis on hundreds of thousands of affected Palestinian workers and employers,” according to ILO News. “The hostilities have resulted in – and continue to cause – both a tragic loss of human life, and an unprecedented loss of livelihoods, jobs, income, businesses, and civilian infrastructure,” ILO Director-General Gilbert F. Houngbo said. “The magnitude of the response needed from the international community, and the current operational constraints, are beyond what has ever been seen before in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,” Houngbo added. Initial estimates by the ILO indicate that at least 61 percent of employment in Gaza, 182,000 jobs, were lost as a result of the war, with a spillover effect of at least 24 percent of employment, or 208,000 jobs, lost in the West Bank, according to…
ILO Makes Appeal for $20 million as 390,000 Palestinians Lose Jobs Due to War on Gaza
November 9, 2023
