Israel’s framework, makes that so. The so-called, Israeli Declaration of Independence does not declare the existence of a sovereign, independent State for those who live there: it rather declares a Jewish State for all the Jews of the world, about 12 million of whom reside outside and only slightly over 2.6 lnillion in Israel. Almost all Jews can become citizens of Israel merely by going thcrc and opting for such citizenship. By Zionist definition, then, Israel’s citizenship or nationality base cannot allow any significant numbers of non.Jews to become citizens or nationals. 12. General Moshe Dayan, for example, made this clear again after the 1967 war in replying publicly to a news reporter’s question about Israel’s ability to absorb the Arab population in the recently occupied territories. General Dayan said, tersely and succinctly: “Economically we can, but I think &at is not in accord with our aims in the future; it would turn Israel into either a b&national or poly-national Arab-Jewish State instead of the Jewish State, and we want to have a Jewish State. We can absorb them, but we won’t be in the same country.” 13. Former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion stated the same idea at another time: ‘L . . . Israel”-he said-“is the country of the Jews and only of the Jews. Every Arab who lives here has the same rights as any minoruty citizen in any country in the world, but he must admit the fact that he lives in a Jewish country.” 14. Prime Minister Golda Meir put it even more clearly and lucidly in a debate in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament, on 25 June 1969. She said: “I want a Jewish State with a decisive Jewish majority which cannot change overnight. . . I always believed [this] was plain Zionism.” 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political and ideological foundations of Israel, specifically the concept of a Jewish State and its implications for citizenship and nationality. The quotes from prominent Israeli figures, such as General Moshe Dayan, David Ben-Gurion, and Golda Meir, suggest that the idea of a Jewish State is deeply tied to the notion of a Jewish majority and the exclusion of non-Jews from full citizenship and national status.

**Category**
Politics, Culture