The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 257)
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Esco, Vol. II, op.cit., p, 1127,
Jewish Frontier, op.cit., pp. 308-309.
According to Joel Beinen, MERIP Reports, No. 55, 1977: the Socialist
Workers' Party (Mifleget Poalim Socialistit - MPS), which adhered to
the Borochovist theory “proletarian Zionism", collapsed and its pro-
Comintern remnants formed the Palestine Communist Party (PKP), whose
first congress was held in September, 1922. In February, 1924, the
PKP was formally recognized as a member of the Communist Internation-
al and a decision for the "Arabization" of the PKP was made by the
Comintern, formulated as follows:
"The future of the Party is in its territorialization.
Until now, the Party was composed of immigrant Jews. In
the future, it must become a Party of Arab workers, to
which Jews can belong who have acclimated and rooted them-
selves in the Palestinian conditions, people who know
Arabic."
Two months later, the Histadrut expelled the PKP's workers for "sub-
versive activities." This forced the Party to turn more towards the
Palestine Arabs. The Party tried to re-enter the Histadrut by estab-
lishing Ihud (Unity) Clubs in 1926 and in the elections of that year,
the Party demonstrated increasing strength. In 1927, the first Pales-
tine Arab was sent by the PKP to study in the Moscow University of the
Toilers of the East. From October, 1929-1934, the PKP's work was im-
plementing the Arabization decision of the Comintern. Many Arabs
were sent to study in Moscow in order to train Arab cadres and leaders
for the Party.
It was necessary for the PKP to concentrate its efforts on the Arab
population, "as it was not able to fully realize the fruits of its ef-
forts in the Jewish working class, Whenever Jewish immigrants were won
away from Zionism, their reason for being in Palestine was eliminated
-- all the more so if economic conditions were harsh, as in the late
1920s."
For further details, see also Z. Lockman, "The Left in Israel: Zionism
vs. Socialism," MERIP Reports, No. 49, July, 1976.
Nathan, op.cit., p. 297.
According to Nathan, op.cit., pp. 326-327, most capital available in
Palestine during the Mandate came from import, not from accumulation
on a local scale, The domestic Palestinian economy made no net savings.
Indeed, in most years, the Palestinian economy dissaved on a substan-
tial scale; its net investment was less than its capital import. - تاريخ
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- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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