The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 156)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 156)
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lowed by soap and food industries, textiles in Gaza, leather industry in
Jerusalem, olive and sesame oil processing factories in Nablus, Jaffa, Jeru-
Salem and Haifa. Haifa had, in addition, a manufacturing project for irri-
gation machines. In the aftermath of the First World War, Palestine's in-
dustry consisted merely of small-scale units of production (both factories
and guilds) employing between 6-10 workers."
Whea the British Mandate was first imposed on Palestine, however, there
was only the beginning of a wage-earning grouping under non-capitalist re-
lations of production, as in citrus plantations. Capital remained predomi-
nantly merchant also in manufacture under the predominance of the guild sys-
tem of production. The majority of the small-town dwellers were engaged in
agriculture, specifically orchards (citrus plantations). City dwellers con-
sisted mainly of professionals, handlers, stonecutters, builders and un-
skilled rural immigrant workers .!>
The penetration of British capital into Palestine did not transform the
guild and stimulate modern production. On the contrary, it crippled the
guild system and probably blocked the development of modern industry. Even
in production, indigenous capital remained money capital.!®
Until the eighteenth century, goods manufactured under the guild system
were exported to Europe. Following the Industrial Revolution, however,
these goods were forcefully removed even from Palestine's local market to
provide a marketplace for imported European commodities.-/
Concessions obtained by Western powers, on the one hand, and the intensi-
fication of feudal plunder, on the other, resulted in crippling both local
trade and industry, and eliminating the possibility for the development of
a modern national bourgeoisie. As Frederick Engels explains, in the face of - تاريخ
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- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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