1.   Israel also restricted investment in the textile industry to use Palestinian labour in its own factories, as well as in construction, infrastructure and services, he added.

2.   While Israel would also suffer from the split, it has the advantage that it could import thousands of foreign construction workers to replace Palestinian labour.

3.   It has correspondingly brought in more foreign workers to replace cheap Palestinian labour.

4.   Israel also banned Israeli employers from bringing their workers in from the Palestinian areas and Israel, and banned settlers from taking on Palestinian labour.

5.   Settlers were also barred from hiring Palestinian labour.

6.   The cabinet agreed Sunday to extend their work permits for one year and to impose heavy fines on Israeli employees using illegal Palestinian labour from the territories.

7.   The foreigners are used mainly to replace cheap Palestinian labour considered a high security risk.