The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 316)

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The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 316)

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immigrants who are potential citizens in coping with labor shortage is
neither economically nor politically viable; in the case of Israel, it
can be a very risky deal, capable of promoting the vulnerability both of
the State, as well as her very strategic high technology industry.
A remaining alternative to be explored in the face of an immigration
crisis and in response to a growing demand for labor resulting from in-
creasing foreign investment in the country is heavier reliance on Pales-
tinian-Arab labor. Of course, Palestinian-Arab labor for clear security
considerations cannot be integrated into Israeli high technology produc-
tion. Perhaps it can replace, hence release, Jewish labor in less stra-
tegic economic branches. The availability of this reservoir of Pales-
tinian labor (specifically from Gaza and the West Bank) is made possible
by military occupation, and it can be maintained under control only by a
growing army and police force, consisting mainly of Jews.
In his article "Israel 1976: A Bi-national State," Moshe Eter,
Economic Editor of The Jerusalem Post attributes one of the problems of
the economy and maldistribution of the labor force to the necessity to
contain terrorists and to maintain security and political stability in
the country and therefore, the police force increased by 120 percent and
the civil employees by 40 percent. In addition to 19,000 in the police
force, 150,000 are employed by special security agencies; this does not
include the civil suards.>°
In part, this explains the constant decline in male Jewish partici-
pation in the civilian labor force. Palestinian-Arab labor is not likely
to replace this Jewish labor force in such strategic apparatus of the

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