Egypt encouraged "fedayeen." or guerrilla. attacks on Israeli villages. Israeli ships are barred from the Suez Canal. An economic boycott by all the Arab states has been in progress for many years. Nevertheless. the Israelis have remained true to their slogan. In the brief dozen years of the states existence it has accepted and absorbed nearly 1 million refugees from Europe. the satellite nations of communism. and from north Africa. and the Middle East. It has increased its industrial production from almost zero to over $950 million. The cultivated area of the country has been more than doubled. and the area under irrigation increased fivefold.
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