Palestinian workers say a girl inside a house was killed by tank fire.

The Palestinian workers allowed to remain in the cities were confined to ghettos.

That was not so two years ago, he said, when a number of farmers were attacked by Palestinian workers.

He was shot dead, as were two Palestinian workers standing in line.

Israel's decision to let 25,000 Palestinian workers into Israel was made months ago.

Still, four Palestinians were killed, including an elderly woman, Palestinian medical workers said.

Palestinian workers are being barred from entry to several Arab countries that had employed thousands of them before.

He described standing at a checkpoint last week with his Palestinian workers.

The ground for the petition was that the rights of Palestinian workers have been violated.

One immediate effect was to prevent some 100,000 Palestinian workers from reaching jobs in Israel.