The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 237)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 237)
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Beer Tuvia.
The breakthrough was not made in one day. At first, only a few
Arab workers were brought in by a Jewish contractor. Later some were
brought in by a few farm owners, secretly -- "only for pressing work of
two or three days." But not long ago some citrus growers organized and
openly brought in a large group of Arabs to work. A clamour was raised and
a meeting was called. The objectors raged: "What about the ideal of Jew-
ish work? And what about the security aspects?" The supporters answered:
"A few Arab workers will not destroy the structure of the moshav. The
whole country is flooded with Arab labor and it is not us who will bring
redemption."
Peretz, a member of the village Management Committee, was the mo-
shav's representative in the "moshavim movement" and now volunteers to help
new moshavim. Peretz expressed his objection to admittance of Arab labor
on the following basis:
"In order to understand why admittance of Arab labor
to the moshav is so serious, one has to know some
basic facts: our State, by giving Jewish farmers land
and means to maintain a Jewish village has entrusted
them with a certain responsibility for the existence
of the State. We must hold on to the land if we want
to exist as a nation. And those who maintain the ter-
ritory are the farmers. Two nations live here and each
of them claim its right over that land. The one which
will implement this right will be the nation which
will hold the land and with its own hands till it."
Peretz expressed strong objection to the compromise in the Manage-
ment's recent resolution, because that still violates the principle of Jew-
ish work and is a start of a chain of events: "The problem does not start
!
and does not end with picking peaches," as the supporters of the resolution - تاريخ
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- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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