ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the complex combination of separation and solidarity, both within each enterprise, and as affected by the overall political, social and economic context. The separation between the Jewish Yishuv and the Palestinian Arab population has been well recognized by all who studied the Jewish settlement in Palestine. The chapter deals with points of contact in the economic sphere and in the labor market; therefore, a somewhat more detailed discussion of the economic structure of Palestine is called for. The economy of Palestine was made up of two major economic sectors, the Jewish and the Arab sectors, which were supplemented by the government sector. The Nesher Cement Factory, a shareholding company under the ownership of Michael Pollak, was the largest privately owned enterprise in Palestine. The chapter focuses on workplaces in the Jewish sector of the economy in which both Jewish and Palestinian Arab workers were employed.
