The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 446)

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The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel (ص 446)

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A comparison with 1967 when there were only 9,500 Arabs and 194,835
Jews employed in this economic branch, we can say that the citizen indus-
trial labor force grew by 31.1 percent, or in absolute terms has increased
by 64,265 persons, compared to an increase of 95,762 persons in public
and community services. A more detailed analysis of the figures in Table
K indicates that the greater penetration into the public and community
service as opposed to industry is peculiar to the post 1973 economic crisis
and the latter is particularly true in the case of Jews. In the period
between 1967 and 1973, the rate of growth in the size of the Jewish indus-
trial labor force was higher than that in the public and community service
(30.1 percent as compared to 28.1 percent). The latter is also true in
absolute terms, in-between the two wars, 58,765 Jews entered industry,
compared to 54,896 who then entered public services.
In the case of Arab citizens, the situation seems reversed. During
that same period the Arab industrial labor force grew by 70.5 percent
(6,700 additional members), while the size of public and community service
grew by 190.6 percent (10,167 additional members).
During Israel's major industrial boom, industry became attractive to
Jewish citizens who moved from public and community services and other
branches into industry, while Arabs, in turn, moved in larger numbers into
public and community services, following the route of Jewish citizens.
This pattern of mobility seems to take place simultaneously as the demand
for unskilled labor in industry was met by cheaper labor power imported
from the occupied territories.
After the October War, the direction of Arab-Jewish labor mobility
changes again. Between 1973 and 1975, the size of the Jewish labor force

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The Proletarianization of Palestinians in Israel

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1978

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Najwa Hanna Makhoul

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