Speaker. the State of Israel. today celebrating its 9th anniversary of existence. is both a unique phenomenon in history and a 20th century miracle. No other nation whose independence we Americans commemorate came into existence in quite the manner in which Israel was created. Her people have come for a 100 years to the Holy Land. the dispersed Jewish refugees of many lands. the survivors of persecution and discrimination. the orphans of war and pillagefrom Europe. from Africa. Consumed by a desire to establish. at last. a homeland for a -people whose many great contributions to civilization have too often been rewarded with treachery and extermination. the early settlers made the land fertile with their sacrifice. and proved to the world that given an opportunity. they could establish. in an area considered hopelessly barren. a true nation. upright. moral. hardworking. and courageous. So this unique nation is composed of dozens of kinds of people. ranging from professors of leading universities in Europe to the primitive refugees from Yemen. from the aged survivors of the Nazi Buchenwalds to the sturdy children who are now the third generation of native Palestinians. And all of us must agree that Israels existence is a true miracle. The day she became a nation. by solemn resolution of the United Nations and with the Immediate recognition by our own Government. was the first day of her trial by war.
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