Thailand, which suffered the highest losses among foreign nationals in the murderous Hamas rampage across southern Israel on Oct. 7, is allowing 10,000 impoverished Thais to fly to Israel to work for better-paying jobs in desert 'safe areas,' despite the deaths of 41 Thais and dozens more taken hostage last fall.
A worker from Thailand harvests avocados in a farm field of Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. **FILE**BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand, which suffered the highest losses among foreign nationals in the murderous Hamas rampage across southern Israel on Oct. 7, is allowing 10,000 impoverished Thais to fly to Israel to work for better-paying jobs in desert “safe areas,” despite the deaths of 41 Thais and dozens more taken hostage last fall.
“Thai nationals must be only employed in safe areas, or green areas, confirmed by Israeli authorities and the Royal Thai Embassy in Tel Aviv,” Thai Labor Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said. More than 30,000 Thais are interested in agricultural, factory, and construction jobs in Israel’s deserts, including more than 25,000 currently awaiting placement under a Thailand-Israel Cooperation agreement, the Bangkok Post reported earlier this month.
This time, before Thai workers go from this Buddhist-majority Southeast Asian country to work in Israel, the Thai military will teach them safety skills for emergencies. The ambassador said Israeli officials have also wooed workers for Sri Lanka, Malawi and Latin America to take on hard-to-fill jobs in Israel, and is also negotiating with Cambodia.
Some Thais were reluctant to evacuate Israel even after the October assault because they needed to pay back hundreds of dollars owed to Thai middlemen who arranged for them to get work on farms and construction sites. “We don’t want any country to use Thailand as a platform to create conflict,” then-Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara said on Jan. 17.
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