Finally they reached the beleaguered Kibbutz, only to learn that the Arab besiegers heard rumors that the Jewish army had invaded Lebanon, therefore, the Arabs fled Israel. The victory of the 1948 War was a big miracle composed of a series of little miracles. Over 2500 years ago the prophet Isaiah made a remarkable prophecy concerning Israel regathered back in her land. The miracles continued. Trees, fruits and vegetables grow over what was once shifting sandy wastes or malaria swamps.
New industries fringe historic cities.
Highways and pipelines stretch across a energetic nation that had slept for centuries. David Ben Gurion, Israel's dynamic first Prime Minister, was an ardent student of the Bible as an accurate history of Israel and its land. He dispatched engineers, horticulturists, botanists, etc. Following Bible clues, copper and iron mines were established. We often get the feeling that someone has just left.