On May 14. 1948. in Tel Aviv. David Ben Gurion proclaimed the independence of the State of Israel and the United States extended diplomatic recognition immediately. Almost at once the new nation was under attack. and the SecretaryGeneral of the Arab League declared. "this would be a war which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades." Most of the credit for the survival of the new nation belongs to the Israelis themselves. Without their truly heroic efforts the nation would have been snuffed out at the very start. One writer has expressed it. "the people walked around intoxicated and humblehumble that they had partaken of a miracle.
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