Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 250)

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Colonial Capitalism and Rural Class Formation (ص 250)

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Moshav grew to 10 per cent in 1922; 17 per cent in 1927; 18 per cent
in 1936 and to 22 per cent in 1941. In 1944, 29,500 people or 21 per
cent of the Jewish agricultural population were living in 99 Moshavs.
(30)
In addition, until 1936 the Moshavs were the second largest form of
enterprise- after the Moshava- and as the following table shows, more
populated than the Kibbutz.
Table 4
Year Settlements Agricultural - Population
No. Area Total Kibbutz Moshav Moshava
(Dunams ) (%) (%) (%)
1882 5 25,000 500 -- -- 100
18930 14 107,100 2,770 -~ -- 100
1900 22 220,700 4,950 -- -- 100
1914 47 420,600 11,580 2 3 95
1922 71 594,000 14,140 8 i0 82
1927 96 903,000 27,500 ) 17 74
1931 116 1,058,500 37,249 10 15 75
1936 172 1,392,600 87,110 14 18 68
1339 “= 1,533,400 -— -- -- --
1941 234 1,604 800 111,250 21 22 57
1944 259 +1,731,300 139,000 24 21 56
1946 274 +1,807, 300 160,000 —- -- --
Source: N. Weinstock, Le Sionisme Contre Israel, cited in abu-
Rieyli, al-zira'ta al-yahoudieh f£i- falastin -1- muhtalla [Jewish
agriculture in occupied Palestinej, 1970, p. 31.
{+ Figures include 175,000 d. given by the government as tong term
jease tc the settlers].
However, with the tremendous emphasis placed by the Zionist
movement on the Kibbutzim in the late 1930s the place of the Moshav in
the co-operative system began to decline.
Some authors maintain that the unpopularity of the Moshav was’ the
result of economic factors. They claim that the development of private
ownership and the hiring of labour defeated the whole thrust of co-
operation and collectivity (Spiro, 1972:5). However, one can point out
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