IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE HUMAN OR ANYTHING:

Palestinian worker killed as he sneaks into Israel (BEN HUBBARD, 10/03/10, AP)

Israeli police killed a West Bank construction worker as he tried to sneak into Jerusalem on Sunday, shedding rare light on the risks taken by thousands of Palestinians who are desperate for jobs but are denied permits to enter Israel.

Also Sunday, an Israeli military court convicted two soldiers of using a 9-year-old Palestinian boy as a human shield during last year's Gaza war — the most serious conviction yet connected to troops' conduct during the military offensive. [...]

In an added twist, some of the laborers head to construction jobs in Jewish settlements, helping Israel tighten its hold on lands the Palestinians want for their state.

The workers say they are too busy struggling to feed their families to think much about the risk or the nature of their work.