In the Middle East this country is an outpost of democracy in an area where despotism is the usual form of government. This nation has served as a beacon of hope for many of the people of Europe for whom the future seemed to be empty. Hundreds of thousands of refugees have been absorbed into an area about the size of New Jersey with a rapidly growing population of more than 2 million people. The problems that this young nation has had to solve are formidable. to say the least. The Bible described Israel as a land "whose stones are iron and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper"Deuteronomy 8: 9.
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