The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 176)

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The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 176)

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Zionist movement a stake in the feudal system, as mentioned previously. It
is interesting how Zionist “conquest of land" coincided with the interests
of the feudal class in Palestine, resulting in its liquidation as a social
force. The feudal class was by and large transformed into a free money capi-
talist class. Their money capital, however, was never transformed into pro-
ductive industrial capital.
Owing to the collaboration of the dominant Palestinian class (the "ef-
fendis'' who emerged as an indigenous social force by virtue of their rela-
tion to the Ottoman feudal aristocracy), the Zionist movement was able to
“Arabize" the "conquest of land" and effectively employ treachery. In the
"Selected Memories" from his life involvement in the JNF activities, Musa
Goldenberg acknowledges several examples:
"One of the methods was to register the purchased land in the
name of Arab mediators, hired and entrusted to perform this
task on the condition that later on, through intricate legal
procedures, that land will be transferred back to us..." 53
The apparent alliance between the Zionist movement and the Palestinian
feudal class was not for joint development projects, but for a more effec-
tive plunder. Owing to the genuine alliance with the British authorities,
the Zionist movement acquired access to and control over much of the coun-
try's vital resources, specifically water. Water use and control policy
has been very instrumental in discouraging Arab agriculture and depressing
land prices."
The collaboration of Arab feudal lords must not obscure the constant
resistance of the Palestinian masses, specifically the dispossessed peas-
antry and the boycotted proletariat, who had absolutely nothing to lose and
everything to gain by resisting Jewish colonial settlement based on the
"conquest of land" and "only Hebrew labor".

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Najwa Hanna Makhoul

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