as a Council document [S/1.5488, annex II], which shows the Israeli settlements, has once again made it only too clear that the occupiers are moving towards the point of converting the land belonging to the Arabs into isolated ghetto-type enclaves or a kind of bantustan reduced to the role of agrarian appendages to the Israeli economy. The compilers of this map can scarcely be suspected of inaccuracies or exaggerations. It was Issued by the rural settlement departments of the World Zionist Organiza- tion and the Jewish Agency for Israel, which act as the principal co-ordinators of the settlements policy in Israel. 130. As a result of arbitrary expropriations and requisi- tions of Arab lands, more than half of the territory of the West Bank of the Jordan and the Gaza Strip have already fallen into the hands of Israelis. About 140 settlements, not counting Jerusalem and its suburbs, have been estab- lished in those territories, In the course of time, the appetites of the Zionist annexationists have been growing. Recently, an announcement was made in Tel Aviv about plans for a sharp increase in the number of Israeli settlers in those areas, up to 400,000 in the next five years and nearly 1.5 million in the next 30 years. 13 1. Hand in hand with the economic plundering of Arab lands, Israel has methodically been stepping up violence against the Arab inhabitants of those territories. The murder of unarmed people, mass repression and tor- ture, arbitrary arrest and expulsion have become facts of everyday life in the occupied territories. Thousands of people continue to languish in Israeli concentration camps and prisons. In just one of them, the Ansar Camp, set up by the Israeli army in occupied southern Lebanon, up to 5,000 arrested Palestinians and Lebanese are being held. Reports that are coming in about the continuing 
**Analysis**
The text primarily focuses on the political and social issues related to the Israeli settlements and the treatment of Arab inhabitants in the occupied territories. It discusses the expansion of settlements, expropriation of Arab lands, violence against the Arab population, and the detention of Palestinians and Lebanese in concentration camps and prisons. These themes suggest that the category should be related to human rights, social issues, and international relations.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, International relations