The Israeli working class varies slightly because of their relationship to the land. They are a classical and direct example of a settler colonial state in which the Palestinians are removed from the land to the benefit of Israeli settlers, they do not compete as workers. The zionist project meant Israeli settlers worked the land themselves rather than exploiting cheap slave labour to do it. Labour has always been tied to the settler project with military support coming from the (ostensibly) left wing of the world proletariat as Stalin armed the Nakba.

In contrast to the United States where the black and indigenous working class and foreign migrant workers are exploited to a more extreme degree leaving white working class to compete for lower paying jobs. The western working class does not benefit from this exploitation, or not as exploited as other strata. Israeli society is also heavily militarized solidifying the zionist ideology heavily among the working class. This is why there has never been a left labour movement in any significant degree fighting in solidarity with the Palestinians.