The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 518)
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- The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 518)
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explicitly for population dispersion, not integration. The current settle-
ment schemes in the Galilee the West Bank and Gaza Strip are essentially
"Judiazation" programs.
Another rationale of special relevance to the commuting of citizen
Arab workers into work places in Jewish settlements, such as Development
Towns, is the fact that these settlements are almost invariably built on
land that is legally defined as "National Land", restricted by law to an
exclusively Jewish use, as documented previously. This, in effect, consti-
tutes a guarantee against the leaking of Jewish philanthropic capital (in-
vested exclusively in Jewish communities) into non-Jewish beneficiaries.
Jewish settlements are constructed for the absorption of Jewish immigrants,
and the housing of Arab citizens by these projects is “detrimental for ab-
sorption'', as the Jewish Agency has often explicitly expressed. Moreover,
the security of the State has béen always the explicit rationale under-
lying habitat segregation.
Eventually, however, this segregation has asserted its economic signi-
ficance. Arab villages in the Galilee, the Small Triangle, the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip are increasingly playing the role of Bantustans in South
Africa; sites for the creation and reproduction of cheap labor power commod-
ity for the Israeli capitalist. This was, a large portion of the reproduc-
tion cost falls on the Arab community of residence which in turn is increas-
ingly underdeveloped through expropriation of land for more Judiazation
schemes.
Through commuting, value created in the Arab community is transferred
into the Jewish sector. The commuters' labor power is exchanged for below
the minimum wage. On the basis of low standards of living as determinants - تاريخ
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- المنشئ
- Najwa Hanna Makhoul
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