The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 207)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 207)
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of the Jewish State, had radically transformed the demographic map of Pales-
tine. Absolute Jewish demographic superiority was established.
This period, of course, represents the peak of Jewish settlement in
Palestine. By 1970, there were already 702 Jewish rural settlements, as
compared with 303 in September, 1947. We must not forget that after State-
hood there was a shift to urban settlement, specifically the New Develop-
ment Towns and suburbanization schemes. From now on, Jewish settlement
ceased to be colonization through class struggle; it was transformed into
national development policy carried out no longer by pioneer settlers but
rather by state and public agencies on behalf of available and potential
newcomers.
In accordance with the general order of this chapter, we try to concen-
trate on the dual process of the creation of Palestinian labor surplus,
and the impediments of selling its labor power. The following section
focuses, therefore, on land and labor policies peculiar to the second phase
of Israel's development. Slogans are now replaced by policy.
A. Land Policy
Large-scale acquisition of land in the aftermath of the 1947-48 War re-
sulting from the expulsion of Palestinian peasants and the flight of land-
lords (absentees, in particular) is the material basis for the new land
policy.
As demonstrated earlier in the Yishuv phase, land acquisition and trans-
fer of economic ownership from Arab to Jewish hands took place simply through
purchase, that is, market exchange.
In+the nation-building phase, market exchange was not the predominant
method. The major portion of land acquisition within the jurisdiction of - تاريخ
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- المنشئ
- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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