Israel: 50 Years (Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket)

240 sayfa. 25x34 cm
"Every now and then in this arena of historical forces a great historic opportunity presents itself - as in the Jewish legend, according to which once every year the Heavens open for a single moment and your every wish is granted."

The above words were spoken by David Ben-Gurion on January 19, 1933, some fifteen years before his voice rose once again to announce the establishment of the State of Israel.

Yet even when the Heavens, opened, and the great historic opportunity was granted, 600,000 people surrounded by enemies, haunted by infiltrators, lacking an economy and natural resources, had to be unified into one state. Fifty years later, the result is a nation of five and a half million people, a well-trained army, a developed economy, national health care and continuing immigration.

This is the story of the first fifty years. The wars, the waves of immigration, the economy, construction, settlement. The historic wonder that grew out of nothing and thrived.

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