The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 179)

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The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 179)

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Then, this time speaking in the aftermath of the 1967 War, he added:
"From that point of view, the 'transfer' solution was discussed
at the time, and it was supported by B. Katzenelson, J. Vulkani,
and M. Ussishkin,* and some preliminary preparations were made
to translate this theory into practice. Years later, when the
U.N. passed the resolution to partition Palestine into two States,
the War of Independence broke out, to our great fortune. In
this war, a two-fold miracle occurred: territorial victory and
the flight of the Arabs...." 61
In support of the "transfer" proposal, Berel Katzenelson wrote in 1945:
"Situations are possible in which the transfer of population will
become advisable....We do not assume the right to force anybody
out. This is a basic Zionist assumption....But was not kibbutz
Merhavia built on a transfer? Without many such transfers, Hasho-
mer Hatzair** would not today be setting in kibbutz Merhavia, nor
in kibbutz Mishmav Ha'emeck, nor in any other places...." 62
It is obvious from these three statements that the transfer of the
Palestinian population outside their social formation was indirectly sugges-
ted, explicitly proposed, and in fact debated among the leaders of the Zion-
ist movement as a solution to the problems facing the implementation of
Zionism in Palestine.
The advocacy of the transfer solution is often attributed (specifically
by the proponents of left-wing Zionism and its bi-national program) to right-
wing Zionism. We recall, however, from the previous chapter that it was
Borochov who had much earlier suggested that the territory's "population is
nomad and can always migrate east."
Through the "conquest of land" the indigenous population was made in-
deed "nomadic", free money capitalists capable of fleeing, and "free" labor-
*
B. Katzenelson was the founder and leading ideologue of Mapai, the
_ hard-core political nucleus of the ruling Labor Party; Y. Vulkani and M.
_ Ussishkin were two key leaders of the Zionist movement; and the Jewish
National Fund Board of Directors, whose chairmanship rested formally in
_ Ussishkin's hands from 1923-1941.
KK
The youth movement of Mapam, the extreme left-wing of Zionism.

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