The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 397)
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- عنوان
- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 397)
- المحتوى
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true in regard to the agricultural labor force in both regions. The lat-
ter may seem strange, knowing that the majority of the Gaza population
are landless refugees, already dispossessed in 1948, and remembering the
unfavorable climatic and soil conditions for agriculture in Gaza. The
disproportionate difference in representation by this economic branch can
be interpreted partly in terms of higher productivity in Israeli agricul-
ture, partly in that most agricultural production is done by Palestinian-
Arabs, not Jews in Israel, and finally, in the possibility that the agri-
cultural labor force in Gaza is engaged more in fishing than in farming,
per se, except probably for cash-croppers on citrus plantations.
The lack of agricultural and industrial production base in Gaza
seems to be balanced by disproportionate concentration of the labor force
in services?! and commerce. It is thus understandable why the Palestin-
ians in Gaza seem to be the most highly represented in these two economic
branches, when compared to the three other populations.
Israeli Jews and Gaza Palestinians seem to be more highly repre-
sented than the Palestinians in Israel and the West Bank in all non-pro-
ductive economic branches; also, both are represented less than the others
in construction; but again, for very different reasons; in the case of
Jews it is because they depend on the Arabs in Israel to construct their
housing; in the case of Gaza Palestinians, it is mainly a reflection of
economic stagnation and the little possibility for the construction indus-
try to expand and flourish where refugee camps are the predominant forms
of habitat; and where landlessness prevails.
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- المنشئ
- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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