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I enclose the translation of two documents of the Palestinian People's
Party (PPP) concerning the struggle of unemployed workers in the
Gaza Strip.
They hold a permanent picket in front of the local administration
office in Khan Younis for an hour every day, stopping the traffic
on the main road passing in front of the administrative office.
Greetings
Maurizio Cucci (White Berets)
The Palestinian People's Party (PPP) together with the workers
of the Gaza Strip
The workers have set up this picket because they want an increase
in their unemployment benefit and this action is of help to them.
We, members of the PPP wish to help and support these workers.
The workers are the most important persons in Palestine and it is
our duty to listen to their demands, because the State of Israel
no longer accepts them to work in its territory.
The first priority is to help the Palestinian workers. These workers
who demonstrate in front of the Local Authority Office at Khan Younis
are doing this as part of their struggle.
We of the PPP regard them as valiant workers who struggle for their
rights and also for the Intifada.
We want all the workers of the world to know that the State of Israel
does not grant us permission to go to work in their territory.
The PPP has asked the Palestinian Authority to give people financial
help towards buying the food they need to live because the State
of Israel is creating problems for the whole population.
The PPP asks all the Palestinian parties and also the NGOs to participate
in a general strike and announce it on TV and radio, so that everyone
may know the problems of the workers.
WORKERS'
REQUESTS
1)
We ask for an increase in unemployment benefit from $100 per year
to $200 per month
2) We ask to be exempted from payment of water and, electricity
bills
3) We ask for support for the local agriculture
4) We ask for free access to higher education
5) We ask the NGO organistions to help the families of the workers
6) We demand a boycott of all Israeli goods
7) We demand the abolition of the monthly tax of $5, now compulsory
for all workers
Signed on behalf of all Gazan workers.
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