The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 219)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 219)
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constantly, thanks to the training courses conducted by the Ministry of La-
bor, that adjust the labor force to the requirements of the Israeli economy.
In 1973, no less than one-third of all employed persons in the areas were
working in Israel, as against 12 percent in 1970 and 4 percent in 1968. Evi-
dently, the flow of workers from the administered areas will persist as long
as overemployment exists in Israel, says Bergman. 4
The number of employed persons increased by 45 percent in 1968-1973.
The entire increase in employment stemmed from increased employment in Is-
rael. Employment in the areas themselves went down by 3.5 percent annually
between 1969-1973. Demand for labor in Israel -- which persisted throughout
the entire period and was especially acute in 1972 -- and the higher wages in
Israel attracted ever-increasing numbers of workers from the areas, causing
both labor shortages and rapid wage increases there.1??
An article published in Maariv, June 14, 1970, by Ezra Yenov, under the
title, "The Gaza Strip: A Reservoir of Cheap Labour Flooding the Israeli Econ-
ony,"
indicates the following: Labour Exchange workers from the Strip settle-
ments are today the main reservoir of seasonal manpower in northern Negev and
southern Israel. Their penetration into the Israeli economy is increasing.
They are slowly dominating the agricultural sector and now in tens and hun-
dreds are entering into the construction industry and earth works; and their
first wave is already filling the available jobs in industry. More than 80
percent of the citrus pickers are Arabs from the Strip. The number of Israeli
pickers is decreasing and in some orchards the work is done entirely by Arabs.
The (male) workers from Gaza can't be selective over the kind of job, still
are ready to rush to the orchards for picking and not to the trucks that car-
ry women workers to the can factories in Israel. In the can factory, the work- - تاريخ
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- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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