Business as usual again for Israel-bound farm workers

THE COUNTRY will resume sending agricultural workers to Israel this week after an eight-month hiatus, the Thai labour ministry said, with a target of having more than 10,000 of its citizens working in the country by year-end.

Around 30,000 Thai labourers had been working in the agriculture sector, comprising one of the largest migrant worker groups in Israel, before Palestinian resistance fighters Hamas attacked southern Israel on Oct 7.