Such a dependence upon the acquisition of raw materials from a sole provider naturally raises the cost of production, whereby "many existing firms became non-viable.""14 To show how the aims to make the Palestinians dependent were strategically implemented, "over 90% of West Bank and Gaza imports come from Israel."" 15 Sara Roy claims that "the underlying motive of Israeli economic policy was political, being designed to deny economic independence to the Palestinian territories, especially the Gaza Strip, as an instrument of subjugation."" 16 However it is crucial to note that she later a...

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Before engaging with this debate, however, I will briefly recapitulate Jameson's original thesis and what I still consider to be the importance of his theoretical endeavor. ... On the one hand, one encountered an uncritical celebration of the concept by the postmodernists themselves, and, on the other, the charge of cultural degeneracy was being leveled by more traditional critics and older modernists. ... The significance of the theory of late capitalism, as it was developed by the Ernest Mandel, therefore, cannot be understated in relation to Jameson's overall pro...

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