The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 307)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 307)
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is from that of Aliyah (immigration) absorption, the "ingathering of the
exiles” as part of the nation-building objective into that of furthering
the internationalization of capital.
Although these two functions are essentially complementary, yet the
fulfillment of one is likely also to generate contradictions that are detri-
mental to the fulfillment of the other. It is these simultaneously comple-
mentary and contradictory functional requirements that constitute the sub-
ject matter of this section.
It is important to make clear that since its inception and by virtue
of its transplantation in the Middle East, Israel has served the political
objectives of world capitalism and its expansion. It has maintained spheres
of influence to prevent the transformation of the prevailing order and the
imposition of a socialist alternative. It has postponed the ripening of
the principal contradiction between the bourgeoisie and proletariat and the
development of a revolutionary proletarian movement. As an instrumental
target of massive discontent, it has been systematically used by ruling
classes in the Arab countries to divert the attention of their exploited
masses from class struggle.
Recently, the State of Israel promotes in a more direct manner the eco-
nomic objectives of international monopoly capital, specifically in the
sphere of realization. Israel is not like other developing countries in
the periphery of world capitalism. It does not promote the internationali-
zation of capital mainly by offering a market for capital goods, cheap labor
power and primary products under terms of trade that guarantee unequal ex-
change, hence higher rates of return. Israel, in some respects like Euro-
pean advanced countries, belongs to the center of world capitalism because - تاريخ
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- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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