The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 218)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 218)
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218
ers were brought over before the hot-house harvest season and the
packing houses are full. My husband, therefore, built them a hut
in the yard. When I protested, he sent me on a tour of the village.
Well, it appears that every able man has become a contractor. Also,
the number of hot-houses which are completely dependent on Arab
labor have increased. The Arabs live in shacks just a few meters
away from the renovated villas and the style has become the style
of effendis....I do not think that this development can be combat-
ted locally in a country flooded by Arab workers from the terri-
tories. No longer do I walk alone in the evening to the fields.
It is simply unpleasant....The situation is particularly tragic
for young, unskilled people who seek seasonal work. In our area,
no Jew can get a job on a tractor, because this is no longer profit-—
able for the employer. As far as I can see, Arab labor from the
territories in Israel must be prohibited. If, after five years,
the situation is so shocking, what will happen in another ten or
more years?....The contractors, who today become rich, but with
some feeling of guilt, will tomorrow become a pressure group
which will not allow any changes in the situation." 122
Although the participation of Arab workers in the Israeli labor market
started in the early sixties, applying then only to Israeli-Arab male labor
and restricted to construction and menial services in the urban sector. It is
the post-1967 period that seems to represent major breakthroughs in three re-
spects, as follows:
First, a breakthrough in the mobilization of Palestinian-Arab labor, not
only from within pre-1967 borders but also, and even more importantly, from
territories occupied in the 1967 war, specifically the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip.!73 In a study by the Bank of Israel, Arie Bergman indicates that soon
after the 1967 war, workers from the "administered" areas started flowing in-
to Israel in an ever-increasing stream, driven by the shortage of job oppor-
tunities in the areas, and the acute demand for labor in Israel, and the high-
er wage paid in Israel. This inflow of workers was most strongly felt in con-
struction. By 1973, 50 percent of all of the areas' residents working in Is-
rael were engaged in this branch. Their share in the total number of workers
engaged in construction in Israel was 26 percent in 1973, compared to 3 per-
cent in 1968. The sharing of the areas' residents in industry is also growing - تاريخ
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- المنشئ
- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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