The years since then have brought development at a pace unmatched by any other nation in modern times. Certainly. few have confronted greater difficulties in their initial years. A barren land which would require enormous effort to make productive. the normal sources of food supply largely cut off. a steady influx of immigrants and refugees. most of them with little or no agricultural experience. little industry. hostile neighbors on virtually every sidelittle wonder that some thought Israel would not long survive. But Israel had one priceless asseta people firmly determined to build a strong and enduring nation. in which each could make a useful life. Indeed. the very precariousness of those early years. the hardships and dangers that were a part of daily life. stimulated efforts that were truly prodigious.
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