Was the average immigrant to Israel aware of how the country was created and how it maintains themselves? (Talking about the 20th century)

I enjoy reading memoirs and historical fiction novels related to the Second World War, and in my country one big thing is that post-WW2 the majority of the Jews from my country (though I'm talking about exYugoslavia more widely as well) emigrated to Israel. It sucks cause a lot of the authors I read have living in Israel as a part of their biographies, so I'm genuinely just curious - how aware was the average person of their role as a colonialist? Did people see Israel as just a Jewish state and did they simply ignore the colonialism? Any help for understanding this topic is appreciated, and I would really like to be provided with sources for further reading.