Israel turns to India to fill the gap in construction workers. Israel plans to increase foreign construction workers by 45,000 workers, while hiring another 20,000 through employment agencies.
Recruitment is reported to be slow in Sri Lanka and Uzbekistan, making India the main source of manpower currently required. The construction sector, one of the most important sectors of the Israeli economy, faces complex challenges to address the dilemma of labor shortages after the ban on Palestinian workers. The freezing of economic sectors in Israel as a result of preventing Palestinian workers from entering the Green Line for work costs 3.1 billion shekels per day ($820 million), based on data from the Ministry of Finance.