The Zionists have always tried to block any attempts at Arab-Jewish
workers' unity. However during the decades leading up to the formation
of the state of Israel there were many examples of Arab and Jewish
workers coming together in mixed workplaces and even attempts to build
joint unions. Thus history denies the myth that no such unity is
possible. What is true is that the nationalists on both sides (Jewish
and Arab) did everything to thwart such moves.
Yossi Schwartz continues his outline of the history of labour struggles in Palestine in the first half of the 20th
century, underlining the instinctive move towards unity on the part of
both Jewish and Arab workers and the constant manoeuvring on the part
of the Zionist leaders (with a mirror image among the Arab
nationalists) to break down this unity.
An interesting insight into the terrible psychological damage the
Palestinian-Israeli conflicting is having on the children who are
growing up in the region.