Gazans show remarkable turnout to learn Hebrew amid hopes of working in Israel

STORY: Gazans show remarkable turnout to learn Hebrew amid hopes of working in Israel DATELINE: March 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:24 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of students learning HebrewSOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AHMED ABU AJINA, Gaza residentSOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-QATTAA, Gaza residentSOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): AHMED AL-FALIT, Director of the center STORYLINE: Ahmed Abu Ajina, a 34-year-old Palestinian man from Beit Lahia town in northern Gaza Strip, returned to continue his learning of Hebrew after a one-year absence from school, in the hope of working in Israel. In October 2021, Israel announced that it would allow Gazans to work inside their lands to ease the economic crisis in the Strip. Abu Ajina, an accountant with an agricultural company in the Strip, which has direct contact with Israeli companies, has to deal with the exchange of commercial letters in Hebrew between the two sides on a daily basis. "We are closely related to Israel, either through companies o