The massed attacking Arab forces threatened the very existence of the newly established state. Yet unity and the desire to survive helped the Jews to throw back their enemies and to acquire needed additional territory. Out of wartorn factories were constructed modern oil refineries and phosphate plants. Crops were planted in irrigated desert land to provide for the everincreasing number of immigrants who came to live in this promised land. Everywhere in Israel there has been some form -of developmentthe harbor and recreational facilities of Eilat. the irrigated lands of the Negev. the shipyards of Haifa. and the schools of Jerusalem and TelAviv. The record of development is stupendous.
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