Word: israel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Isaac and Ishmael never really understood each other, but both were sons of Abraham?and both at least forgot their differences long enough to bury their father. Their descendants in Israel and the Arab world today, even if they never embrace as brothers, need to come to terms with each other not only for the sake of world order but for selfish reasons. The Arabs need the help?and the lessons?that Israel is willing to give. The Israelis need peace. "We must try and try and try again to find a modus vivendi with our neighbors," says Levi Eshkol...
...across the wall of no man's land. Palestinian troops in the Gaza Strip lobbed mortar shells at Israeli positions for 40 minutes without hitting anything, and Egypt charged that the Israelis had fired on Arab farmers near Gaza. Along the straight-edged border that divides the Negev Desert (Israel) from the Sinai Desert (Egypt), the Israelis captured an Egyptian colonel and four of his men who had lost their way and wandered onto the wrong dune...
...Arabs displayed wild fervor and unusual unity in facing Israel, the Israelis themselves reacted with extraordinary spirit. Lately, many Israelis had begun to fear that the dream that created and fired their state might be beginning to fade. Their country faced severe economic problems. Many who had settled it were now abandoning it. Morale among much of the populace was low. For a 19-year-old, Israel suddenly seemed listless, tired and dispirited. The crisis changed all that: suddenly the dream was very much alive again. The Jewish people once more reacted with vigor to the problem that has always...
...Arab reaction was immediate and violent. Charging that the Jew had usurped Arab land, the combined armies of Egypt, Transjordan, Iraq, Lebanon and Syria marched on Israel the following day and bombers attacked Tel Aviv. The Arabs were roundly drubbed. Outnumbered at first by 20 to 1, Israeli soldiers outfought, outmaneuvered and outgunned the Arabs, who were finally forced to ask for a cease-fire after eight months of fighting. But although they put down their guns, the Arabs still refused to recognize the existence of Israel. Their pride was stung, and they swore vengeance. During the war, moreover...
...Image. With the war won, Israel soon became a sort of modern miracle. From the DP camps of Europe, from the remote wastes of Yemen, from the middle-class suburbs of England and America, Jews poured into Israel, were declared citizens, and went to work. The population tripled in 16 years. Supported by massive private donations (more than $2 billion) from world-wide Jewry, by equally massive U.S. aid ($1.6 billion) and by reparations payments from West Germany ($822 million), the nation sprang almost overnight from a picturesque wilderness to an enclave of clanging energy. Deepwater ports were dredged, power...