The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 158)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 158)
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British Mandatory authorities, on the other hand, provided a constant
support to Jewish industry and trade at the expense of the Arab. They pro-
vided Jewish capital with both political and economic protection and privi-
leges (e.g., the exclusive concession to exploit the Dead Sea in 1929, pro-
tection from tariffs imposed on Arab trade, and the privileged tax deduction
subsidized by the heavy taxation of Arab industry) .1?
British oppressive policy, the competitiveness of the more technologi-
cally advanced Jewish industry, and the enforcement of the Zionist slogan:
"Boycott Arab Produce", inflicted detrimental effects on Arab industry. Be-
tween 1930-1935 the total export of the Arab "shell" industry declined from
11,533 to 3,777 pounds, the number of soap factories in Jaffa alone dwindled
from 12 in 1929 to 4 in 1935. The latter should not be mistaken for concen-
tration of capital, as total production in the soap industry (one of the
basic Arab industries in Palestine) declined between 1931-1934 from 119,941
to 71,532 pounds .-7
It is only natural that such decline occurred in Arab industry in the
face of two more competitive manufacture systems (British and Jewish) and
the imposition of unfavorable terms of trade. Moreover, the gap between the
indigenous industry and the settlers' only widened as the British authorities
in Palestine granted 90 percent of the foreign privileges to Jewish indus-
trialists at the expense of the natives.7-
The figures in Table Y are indicative of the uneven development and
distribution of means of production and reproduction in Arab versus Jewish
industry, and how unevenness was perpetuated by British privileges and pro-
tection policy.
It was only during the Second World War, when the British army in Pales- - تاريخ
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- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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