ABSTRACT
Israeli society is urban in nature. The relatively small rural sector, which accounts for about 8 per cent of the population, is unique and presents us with a variety of interesting experiences of rural industrialisation. The Israeli examples differ greatly from each other and from the experiences of both developing and developed countries. Apart from the traditional Arab sector, which resembles a typical Third World rural periphery in which ownership is private, most Jewish rural settlements exhibit various degrees of collectivisation together with an advanced industrial sector. The distinct duality between the Arab and Jewish rural industrialisation process is part of the overall economic and cultural duality between these two societies within Israel.
