The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 243)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 243)
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face of increased penetration of foreign investment capital. The earlier
quote (page 81) on the importance of workers from occupied territories as
a source of economic flexibility is the culmination of this hawkish posi-
tion and it perfectly coincides with the Likud's. This coincidence is one
evidence of transformation of the Labor-Zionist relations of production
and, hence, the emergence of a new epoch in Israel's history.
Conclusions
This chapter presented an historical review of Palestinian proletarian-
ization since the beginning of Jewish colonial settlement in Palestine.
Three phases were identified with regard to the creation of Palestinian
labor surplus and its absorption in productive employment, the two faces of
the proletarianization process. These phases were distinguished by a dif-
ferential dominance of instances. During the Yishuv phase, the separation
of Palestinian producers from land and the boycott of Arab labor by Jewish
employers was motivated by an explicit ideological commitment for exclusive
Jewish proletarianization and class struggle. The formation of a Palestin-
ian working class was impeded precisely through ideological appeals. Under-
lying the Zionist movement's objection to the integration of native Pales-
tinian labor into Jewish economic enterprises was the urge for exclusive
Jewish proletarianization and class struggle as a material prerequisite
for the emergence of the Jewish State.
Since Statehood, during the nation-building phase, the boycott of Arab
labor was rationalized by political appeals concerning sovereignty require-
ments: the imperative of Jewish demographic and defense superiority. It
was also practiced through political/military means. The military and poli-
tical victory won by Israel in the Six Day War proved that military super- - تاريخ
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- المنشئ
- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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