Even under the abnormal conditions which such a condition of siege implies. the leaders of Israel were not dismayed or disheartened. Instead. they doubled and trebled their efforts to make Israel militarily formidable. At the same time. they were not deterred from the task of making Israel a model statepolitically. economically. and culturallyin the Middle East. Patriotic and compassionate leaders succeeded in making Israel a home for destitute and despondent Jews who were dispersed in other lands. And this task. the settlement and rehabilitation of more than a million immigrants. proved a most challenging one. The State of Israel not only successfully performed the taskit made these impoverished immigrants useful and productive citizens. Thus Jews from Morocco. Tunisia.
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