Israel is In an especially precarious position with regard to the maintenance of a military balance. Surrounded by sworn enemies. it cannot afford to relax its vigilance or permit Its strength to be eroded. In addition. as a growing nation which still receives on an average more than 50.000 homeless and impoverished refugees each year. it finds its necessary defense expenditures an enormous drain on its overstrained economy and a drag on its development. There Is no question about the fact that it is only the voluntary contribution of the American community which has sustained Israel In this dire situation. Unquestionably Israel has progressed.
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