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A 4 page essay that examines Avram Bornstein's fascinating ethnography Crossing the Green Line Between the West Bank and Israel gives the reader considerably insight into the daily lives of Palestinians who are trying to survive in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. By exploring their working lives--those who migrate each day into Israel "crossing the green line" and also those who work in the West Bank-- Bornstein demonstrates the validity of his principal conclusion, which is that the "green line' is not about religious orientation, but rather about economic power and the ability of the dominate state to maintain and subordinate a cheap labor force. No additional sources cited.
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to survive in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. By exploring their working lives--those who migrate each day into Israel "crossing the green line" and also those who work in the West
Bank-- Bornstein demonstrates the validity of his principal conclusion, which is that the "green line" is not about religious orientation, but rather about economic power and the ability of the
dominate state to maintain and subordinate a cheap labor force. The "green line" was originally established in 1949 as the armistice line between Israel and Jordan; but in the
June 1967 War, Israel took the West Bank from Jordan and it became an occupied territory under the rule of the Israeli military (Bornstein 1). Today, this border, the "green
line," shapes the context of production and work for Palestinians, as it regulates the flow of capital, commodities and workers. There are two principal modes of work for Palestinians. Many
cross the border each day, either legally or illegally, to work in Israeli construction, agriculture, manufacturing or service industries. Others stay in the West Banks, but even so, the majority
of Palestinian jobs are still connected to Israeli, as jobs are related to Israeli needs. In his field work, Bornstein first explored the world of work for Palestinians crossing
the border. In the late 1990s, two forms of permission were in common use: a merchants permission and a workers permission. While a merchants permit could be obtained through the
local Palestinian chamber of commerce, getting a workers permission was far more complicated. The red tape that Bornstein describes is enormous, and has to be started by a patron in
Israel, not by the Palestinian. At the green line, workers have to show "their regular identity car, their magnetic identity card for work, and their work permission" (Bornstein 58). Not
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