CSPAN3 1964 Film The Middle East January 25, 2015
Turbulence and bloodshed. It became a separate nation after they withdrew from palestine in 1948. It was immediately attacked by its neighboring arab states, who resented the new nation and considered its creation to be illegal. Israel successfully beat off the attacks, and a series of honest disagreements worked out by the United Nations brought an end to organized warfare in 1949. Since then, israel has worked at fever pitch and with a tough and Pioneering Spirit to make a selfsufficient nation within its borders. Even industry, despite limitation in raw materials, has grown rapidly. At vari...