THE PALESTINIAN LABOUR IN ISRAEL: INDICATIONS OF INTERNAL COLONIALISM

The property and production structure in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza, and employment of Palestinians in the Israeli labour market is changing. The concept of internal colonialism offers a better understanding about the economic concerns of Israel on the occupied territories than imperialism or sub-imperialism. This is because the relationship between Israel and the occupied territories has an ethnic characteristic, and additionally, Israel cannot be easily explained as economically imperialist because of the non-existence of advanced capitalist conditions in Israeli society.