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Bello: 3,000 OFWs expected to fly to Israel after DOLE OKs deployment

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/news/01/04/20201222-naia-christmas-covid-md-22.jpg"/><figcaption>A limited number of passengers pass through the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on December 22, 2020. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—About 3,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are expected to fly to Israel for work, Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said Thursday, after his agency lifted a suspension order on the deployment of migrant workers to the country.</p><p>&quot;Any time now, mag-aalisan mga 3,000 (will leave),&quot; Bello told ABS-CBN&#x27;s TeleRadyo.</p><p>&quot;Ang daming kailangan doon na [There is a huge demand] caregivers, hotel workers at farm workers.&quot;</p><p>The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) suspended the deployment of its migrant workers to Israel in May 2021 after the conflict erupted between Israelis and Palestinians near Gaza.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/14/21/philippines-lifts-temporary-suspension-ofw-deployment-israel">Philippines lifts temporary suspension of OFW deployment to Israel</a></li></ul><p>Bello said the suspension of deployment was lifted as the situation in the Middle Eastern nation has stabilized.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Yung assessment ng Labor attaché namin sa Israel na medyo tumahimik na ang sitwasyon doon at ligtas na ang ating OFW,&quot; he said.</p><p>(The assessment of our Labor attaché shows that the situation in Israel has mellowed and it is now safe for our OFWs.)</p><p>&quot;That and an advisory from our Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na OK na at lifted na yung kanilang alert Level 3 so puwede nang magpadala (we can send workers there,&quot; he said.</p><p>About 29,000 Filipinos work in Israel and 91 in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, according to the DFA.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1727398" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the suspension of deployment was lifted as the situation in the Middle Eastern nation has stabilized.<br /> </p>

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III said the suspension of deployment was lifted as the situation in the Middle Eastern nation has stabilized.