Many trials were faced in those years. Arab terrorists began the repeated attacks on the Jewish settlements that were finally to lead to the warfare of 1948. The British refused to allow immigration into the Jewish state because the mandate officials were afraid of creating a population imbalance in the country of Palestine. The land available to the Jewish settlers was the wasteland that no others wanted and was expensive to reclaim. both in money and in terms of the backbreaking labor necessary to turn those swamps and deserts into productive farms. Since the settlers came from many countries. speaking many languages and following different customs. the early founders of Israel revived the ancient Hebrew language and began to forge a new culture and a new civilization that would encompass all the Jews returning to the homeland.
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