Roni Brick, president of the Builders Association of Israel, told the association's conference in Eilat that authorizing direct recruitment of all 50,000 missing construction and infrastructure workers would shorten an average residential project by 14 months and save apartment buyers 70,000 shekels each, according to N12.
Roni Brick, president of the Builders Association of Israel, said Monday at the association's annual conference in Eilat that authorizing direct hiring of all 50,000 foreign construction and infrastructure workers currently lacking would cut average residential construction time by 14 months and save buyers 70,000 shekels per apartment. Brick's comments come as Israel's construction sector faces a severe labor shortage following the October 7 war and subsequent restrictions on Palestinian worker entry. The government has been gradually advancing a policy of recruiting workers from countries including India, Sri Lanka, and Moldova, but Brick's call for direct recruitment of the full gap at once represents a more ambitious demand. No immediate official response from the government was reported by N12 following the remarks.
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