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Palestinians national wave flags as they take part in a protest against a social security law proposed by the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank of Ramallah on November 12, 2018. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)
Thousands of Palestinians staged a sit-in outside the government headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Monday to protest a controversial social security law.
The law came into force earlier this month, with the Ramallah-based government unveiling a timetable for enforcing legislation.
Protesters called for scrapping the legislation and for the resignation of Labor Minister Mamoun Abu Shahla.
Monday's sit-in is the third by Palestinian protesters against the controversial law in the past four months.
The law calls for deducting 7.2 percent of private-sector employees for a social-security fund (which employers would also be expected to pay into) and the national retirement age – for both men and women – at 60 years .
The law was not approved by the Palestinian Legislative Council (parliament), which has largely been non-functional since 2007 due to fundamental political differences between Hamas (which runs the Gaza Strip) and Fatah (which controls the West Bank-based Palestinian government) .
This article has been adapted from its original source.
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