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P3: The Hope, Finally, Independence - Israel@75

Unpacking Israeli History

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The Hope of David Ben-Gorian

The clock was ticking in Manday Palestine. David Ben-Gorian had been working towards this moment for decades. He knew that by pulling out of the region, the British may as well have been rolling out a welcome mat for invading Arab forces. Compounding his worries was the Americans alarming about faith on the issue of the Jewish state. Around 600,000 Jews without leaders, without a formal army and be seized by 30 million Arabs who sat on half the world's oil.

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