The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 201)

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The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 201)

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To elaborate this point, it helps to mention a few more examples of
the practical positions of left-wing proletarian Zionism, as documented by
Zachary Lockman. A resolution of the 1934 conference of Hakibbutz Ha'artzi
Stated that the struggle for "Jewish labor" should be conducted "on the ba-
Sis of the principle of the priority of the Jewish worker for work in the
Jewish sector ~- on condition that it does not damage the rights of perma-
nent Arab workers, "194
It must be remembered, however, that the permanence of Arab workers in
most employment positions was undermined by the very principle of the pri-
ority of Jewish workers advocated in the resolution. Also, only in agri-
cultural plantations (specifically, Arab-owned) and concession industries
were Arab workers likely to be permanently employed; these were labor cate-
gories that are unattractive to Jewish labor (as they were unskilled, manual
and physically dangerous), where Arab labor had to be employed anyway.
This resolution was, therefore, immaterial in terms of offsetting the
detrimental effects of the "only Hebrew labor" policy on the native Pales-
tinian labor.
In 1937, Hakibbutz Ha'artzi set up an urban counterpart sharing the
same ideology to attract city workers away from MAPAI and to constitute
a Zionist alternative to the Communists. In 1946, the League merged with
its parent Party to form the Hashomer Hatzair Workers' Party, the extreme
left of the Zionist movement .+°? It stressed the common interests of the
Jewish and Arab working people, asserting that Zionism was, in fact, a
liberating force for the latter:
"...the Socialist League recognizes the community of economic
and social interests of the Jewish and Arab toilers in Palestine.
It regards the Jewish immigration to Palestine as a factor stimu-
lating the process of the liberation of the Arab toilers from the

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