מקום כאידיאל או מקום כפתרון מצוקה? הערת מחקר על הגירה פנימית ליש"ע כהגירה בין-לאומית​​

Translated title of the contribution: Place as Ideal or Place as Problem Solution: A Research Note on Internal Migration to Judea, Samaria and Gaza as International Migration

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Abstract

One significant fact in the demographic development of the State of Israel since 1968 was the rapid increase in the number of Israeli residents in the Judea, Samaria and Gaza areas -and after the 2005 Gaza disengagement in the West Bank/Judea and Samaria region. This increase was initially due to the movement of residents from other places in the country, and later was mainly due to the natural increase in the number of local residents. Every year, with the exception of 2005, a positive balance in the internal migration movements to and from the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) areas contributed to the growth of their Jewish population. According to the prevailing hypothesis, the reasons for the settlement of Jewish Israelis and their families in those areas were and are mainly ideological. The assumption is that geographical mobility and settlement is first and foremost an expression of an aspiration of that part of the Israeli population to expand the Jewish presence in areas that came under Israeli control during the June 1967 war, and even to extend the sovereignty of the State of Israel to the entire territory of western Palestine, from the sea to the Jordan River.These hypotheses were tested in this research note for the period 1978-2018. In actual practice, socio-economic variables that operate as a routine in every society –including Israeli society –play a significant role in explaining the nature of Israeli immigration to these areas. Strong correlation was found between unemployment rates in Israel and immigration rates to the WBG, and between these and emigration rates from Israel to countries abroad.In this respect, immigration to the WBG is much more similar to other migration movements than might have been initially assumed. The intriguing finding is that in the logic of the intra-Israeli migration system, WBG may appear as a kind of close and accessible substitute for emigration to other countries. Certain elements of protest, on the one hand, and of adventure and uncertainty, on the other, are common to both types of immigration. In the case of WBG, the element of uncertainty is mainly related to security and personal safety risks in an area where there is an ongoing conflict. In the case of international migration, physical distance plays a more crucial role.
Translated title of the contributionPlace as Ideal or Place as Problem Solution: A Research Note on Internal Migration to Judea, Samaria and Gaza as International Migration
Original languageHebrew
Pages (from-to)1-12
Number of pages12
Journalהגירה
Volume11
StatePublished - 2020

IHP publications

  • IHP publications
  • Migration, Internal
  • Israel -- Yeridah
  • Israel -- Population
  • West Bank and Gaza Strip -- Population
  • Unemployment

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