There were no forests. no electricity. very little irrigation. Education was rudimentary. All the magnificent cities of ancient Israel were buried under the dust of centuries. as were the ideas that made them great. The declaration of independence by the Jewish people in 1948 brought months of war which nearly destroyed what little economy Palestine had. The refugees had to enter the fight for their freedom as soon as they disembarked. The odds were very discouraging indeed at times. But on the 5th day of Iyar of the Hebrew calendar. the equivalent of April 17. 1964. the State of Israel is miraculously changed.
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