The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 42)

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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources (ص 42)

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“The wage of the unskilled Arab labourer is much less
than that of the Jewish labourer, and although the actual
rates of pay vary in different occupations it may be taken
generally that the ratio is roughly about five to three" *
What is more, it was found that the wages of most Arab workers were
not enough to provide their basic needs. In 1936 the Government
estimated that the average family in Jaffa needed an amount of £P
11.500 per month to provide its basic needs of food, medical treatment,
accommodation etc., and it was found in a Study undertaken by the Arab
Workers Association in Jaffa on the wages of 1000 Jaffa workers, that
98% of them had wages much below this level.”5 In Haifa alone there
were 11,000 Arab workers living in hovels made of old petrol tins,
without any water supply or the most rudimentary facilities.”
Since the land area available to the villagers had greatly decreased,
owing to Jewish land purchase and the creation of thousands of landless
Arabs, while at the same time the population increased, there was a drift
of labour to the towns especially the two ports of Jaffa and Haifa. ”
Added to this was the influx of Jewish immigration, the Zionist
Campaign of exclusive Jewish labour in Jewish enterprises and the
inability of Arab industry to develop and expand. All these factors
combined to create a widespread unemployment among the Arab
labourers. In 1935 for example, the number of unemployed in Jaffa
reached 2270, and during the 1936 revolt the number of unemployed in
Jaffa increased to 4000. In Haifa 4500 were unemployed, and in
Ramallah, Bethlehem and Nazareth the unemployment rate reached
75%. 7
74 The Report Of Royal Commission. p.237
75 “George Mansur Testimony, 16/1/1937". p.294
76 Nevil Barbour and D. Warriner, Nisi Dominus. p.133.
77 Ibid. p.133
78 “George Mansur Testimony, 16/1/1937". p.294
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The Arab Revolt of 1936-1939 in Palestine: A Study Based on Oral Sources

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1990-10

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