3. In order to better understand what follows in two of the sections below (Land and Leaal Mechanisms and Machinations), it is necessary to say a few words abxDUt the nature of the State,of Israel and its founding ideology - Zionism. Israel is, first and foremost, a Jewish State. Its Declaration of the Establishment of the State proclaims this. Much of the legal structure of the State demonstrates this and Israeli courts have held that "Israel is the sovereign State of the Jewish people". What this means in practical terms is that Israel is a State of and for all those it considers as the "Jewish people", "wherever they are" and it is not a State of and for all of its citizens. E/CN.4/Sub.2/1990/NGO/2 oaqe 3 4. Althouqh the Zionist movement basically followed a western colonialist pattern when it built the foundation upon which the Jewish State was eventually established, the movement departed from this colonial pattern in at least one resoect: it did not want to exploit the indigenous DODulation; it wanted to qet rid of them. This was for the purpose of "cleansing" the country and oaving the way for the establishment of a purely Jewish State. 5. Though it tried very hard, the State-in-formation was not completely successful in 1948-1949: about 150,000 Palestinians managed to remain. By now, their numbers have swelled to approximately 750,000 (or about 18 per cent of the citizenry of Israel). They have citizenship and voting rights. Nevertheless, in every asoect of life, they are consigned to being strangers in their own land. Land 6. "Redemption" of the land became, prior to 1948-1949, the raison d'être of the Jewish national institutions. Land acquisition and Jewish settlement were and are the cornerstones of the Zionist movement and the Israeli State. In the fifties and sixties, Israel promulgated a series of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the historical and ideological context of the State of Israel, specifically its founding ideology of Zionism and its impact on the country's demographics and territorial development. It touches on themes such as the relationship between the Jewish people and the land, the displacement of Palestinians, and the concept of "redemption" of the land. Given the focus on the historical and ideological context of the State of Israel, I hypothesize that the text is most closely related to the category of "Culture" or "Humanitarian aid and relief".

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Culture