The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 398)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 398)
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In the West Bank, a much higher proportion of the labor force is
employed in construction and agriculture than in Gaza. This is probably
due to the fact that the majority of the West Bank Palestinians are not
refugees; 1° thus, they have more access to land ownership and sense of
permanence; hence, the higher weight agriculture and construction have in
that economy.
It may sound logically contradictory, however, that the Palestinians
in Israel, who, unlike those in the West Bank, were during the pre-1967
experience constantly subjegated to Zionist land expropriation, seem to
be, despite that, the most highly represented in agriculture and construc-
tion of all the other groups.?? In reality, these figures simply reflect
two different kinds of employment of Palestinians! in the modern construc-
tion sector in the case of Israeli citizens and in semi-subsistence tradi-
tional construction industry in the case of the West Bankers. In Israel,
Palestinians build mainly for Jewish immigrants; not for their direct
consumption.
Finally, the prominent concentration of Palestinians of the West
Bank and Israel in agriculture is expressive also of the supply, and not
only demand, side of labor. The West Bank as well as the Galilee and the
Small Triangle within Israel are the only regions populated by Palestin-
ians who have never been totally uprooted and "transferred" from their
Palestinian soil.
In this sense, the considerably high weight of agriculture is, in
part, a reflection of the predominantly peasant class background of this - تاريخ
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- المنشئ
- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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