India would be one of the largest labour sources for Israel, Pausner said, explaining that his association had approached India "because of the decision to ban Palestinian workers from entering Israel" following the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Indian Trade Unions Against Helping Out Israel
"Nothing could be more immoral and dehumanising than India sending construction workers to Israel," AR Sindhu, secretary of the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), told Sputnik India ealier, when news of possible "exports of Indian workers" to Israel first emerged.
"Nothing could be more immoral and dehumanizing than this for India to send construction labor to Israel, said Sindhu, stressing that "as a trade union, we don't support the idea of replacing Palestinian workers with Indians."