To transform Israel from an idea into a state was a Herculean and apparently hopeless task. In addition to the violent opposition of the Arab powers and the immense problems of creating a national economy where none existed before. during the first 4 years of her existence. Israel nearly doubled her population. accepting some 700.000 immigrants. many of them aged and infirm at a time when Arab armies hovered on her frontiers and the very institution of a modern state had to be created. But Israel did not give herself up to despair and bitterness. Nor did she waver in her determination to create a modern. democratic. national state.
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