The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 200)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 200)
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Arab and Jewish workers in the field of economic endeavor." Hashomer Hat-
zair emphasized further that "the Jewish and Arab labor organization would
have a common interest in preventing the flood of cheap labor streaming to
Palestine from surrounding countries."
This is, indeed, identical with Borochov's position on the issue,
probably upon realizing that the native population was contrary to his ex-
pectations, not "nomads that can always emigrate east."
In his essay on the history of Poalie-Tzion entitled Letoldot Trn'at
Poalie-Tzion, Borochov records that Poalie-Tzion "favours class solidarity
between Jewish and Arab workers and sees in the class struggle to improve
working conditions a means to strengthen the position of Hebrew labor in
Eretz-Yesrael... "70
If this is so, then in practice the left- and right-wing Poalie-Tzion
did not differ except in their pragmatism. They were implementing essen-
tially the same strategy with only a tactical difference, more pragmatism
on the left side. Both were promoting the position of Hebrew labor (osten-
sibly in the name of proletarian solidarity between Arabs and Jews) by
means of common organization or separate labor unions. "Solidarity with
Arab labor to strengthen the position of Hebrew labor in Eretz Yesrael,"
as stated explicitly by Borochov, means necessarily strengthening the Jew-
ish position in the labor market at Arab expense. This involved improving
the conditions of native Arab labor in order that it ceases to be a threat-
ening competitor for immigrant Jewish labor, the only way to implement a
settler-colonial program determined to create a new working class of its
own instead of capitalizing on the exploitation of the indigenous labor
force. - تاريخ
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- المنشئ
- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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