Thailand: Farmers caught between poverty, Israel-Hamas war – DW – 01/22/2024
Nearly 10,000 Thai farm workers left Israel after the start of the nation's war with Hamas. Some are now returning to escape poverty.
Bowon Nonthasi is already feeling a little queasy as he packs his travel bags.
He is preparing to leave his home village in Thailand and return to Israel in the coming days.
"The poverty here [in Thailand] scares me more than the [Israel-Hamas] war," he says as his relatives behind him nod in agreement.
Bowon was working in the fields of a kibbutz, an agricult
Bowon Nonthasi is already feeling a little queasy as he packs his travel bags.
He is preparing to leave his home village in Thailand and return to Israel in the coming days.
"The poverty here [in Thailand] scares me more than the [Israel-Hamas] war," he says as his relatives behind him nod in agreement.
Bowon was working in the fields of a kibbutz, an agricult