Phenomenal also is the way the foundation of the new state was laid by the persevering and undaunted Jewish leaders despite many political and economic handicaps. The growth of the Jewish population in Palestine gives striking evidence of their achievement. While in the early 1920s there were some 62.000 Jews in Palestine. today there are more than 1.500.000 Jews. -Such an achievement of miraculous change by immigration and settlement of refugees in only a relatively few years is a little short of amazing. And this was accomplished in spite of a host of obstacles and almost insurmountable difficulties. Seven years ago when the independence of Israel was proclaimed it was a smaller and weaker country than it is now.
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