Israeli officials feel that Arab determination to wipe out the new state has never abated. The purchase of arms last September by Egypt from Communist sources has added to Israels uneasiness. On the other hand. competent observers of the Middle East say that there is a very real fear among the Arabs that if Israel continues to permit unlimited Jewish immigration. one day Israel will be compelled to expand territorially. At the outset. the United States tangibly demonstrated its friendship for Israel by a loan in 1949 of $100 million from the ExportImport Bank. In 1951 a second loan of $35 million was granted.
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