And amid the building of the Israeli nation. there have been formidable attacks on the very right to live by hostile enemies of the Jewish people. But that challenge. too. was turned aside by a strength of arms and by a fierce resiliency of lifethe Israelis have not waited 2000 years to be denied their dream in the 11th hour by aggressionbent neighbors. For the future of Israel. there are still many problems to be solved. the resettlement of the new immigrants from the Soviet Union. the heavy debt incurred in defending their state. the search for peace with the Arabs. the continuation of the building for the future. but the Israelis are prepared for tomorrow and they are capable of confronting the unknown. We share much with Israel. our love of freedom. our pioneering past. our desire for peace. our anticipation of the future. and we share a friendship in an age when friendship seems an obsolete commodity. On the 24th anniversary of the founding of the independent State of Israel. we extend our congratulations. and we reaffirm the friendship of the American and Israeli peoples.
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