The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 300)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 300)
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Air Force Chief, Ezer Weizman, had set a precedent when he doffed his uni-
form and the very same week in 1969 became Minister of Transport, repre-
senting the Herut Party led by Menachem Begin. When his party left the
Government in July, 1970, in protest against a Cabinet decision to accept
the American Peace initiative, he became a Director of Maritime Fruit
Carriers, a giant company by any standards. In 1968, Aluf Uzi Narkiss
was appointed Head of the Jewish Agency's Immigration Department. He
staffed seven of the fifteen top posts in his department with ex-army
people. Most of the generals have brought other army officers along with
them. After the conquest of the West Bank, and since retirement from his
post as the first military Governor of "Judea and Samaria", Chaim Herzog
has penetrated a variety of civilian occupations: heading a public corpor-
ation called G.U.S. (air conditioning motors and spare parts, elevators,
textiles, etc.); a member of the Executive Committee of Israel Aircraft
Industries, of the Industrial Development Bank, and of the company that
publishes Encyclopedia Judaica.
Identifying the locations of some ex-generals in the civilian economy
and employment structure is very indicative of how civilian and military
labor forces are becoming increasingly interwoven. Peri attributes this
phenomenon partly to the fact that the Israel Defense Force is a civilian
army based on the reserve force and thus does not permit a barrier to be
erected between military and civilian society; and partly to the increas-
ing technological sophistication of the Israel army, hence the need for
constant innovation, and the importance of vitality. Thus, the impera-
tive of early retirement of standing officers in their mid-40s, resulting - تاريخ
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- المنشئ
- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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