Abstract

The notion that development towns, founded at the dawn of the state of Israel, have become slums for North-African Jewish immigrants as part of a deliberate policy that served the status interests of the veteran, dominant Ashkenazi population, is a common perception among some scholars, which has recently taken root among the Israeli public, as well.

This article focuses on the problems and hardships that emerged in development towns upon their establishment and the myriad considerations of state leaders and the ruling Party (Mapai), and provides a different interpretation of the government’s actions. In this article, I aim to show how some development towns became Mizrahi enclaves, not as a result of an intentional policy, but mainly due to plans that turned out to be flawed and the demographic trends that took place in these towns, in contradiction to the government’s original intentions and efforts to prevent such an outcome.

摘要

在某些国家中，人们普遍认为，在以色列国成立之初建立的发展城镇已成为北非犹太移民的贫民窟，这是一项有意政策的一部分，该政策旨在服务于经验丰富的，占统治地位的阿什凯纳兹人口。学者，最近也已在以色列公众中扎根。

本文着眼于发展城镇建立后出现的问题和困难，以及国家领导人和执政党（马派）的众多考虑，并对政府的行动提供了不同的解释。在本文中，我旨在说明一些发展城镇如何成为Mizrahi飞地，不是由于有意采取的政策，而是主要是由于计划被证明存在缺陷，以及这些城镇的人口趋势与政府的初衷和努力，以防止这种结果。