Israeli Ambassador Nadav Eshcar wrote to Việt Nam News on the 73rd anniversary of Israel's Independence. The modern State of Israel was established 73 years ago. It marked the end of thousands of years’ long journey of the Jewish People to self-determination and political independence. The young State faced enormous challenges. Among them, harsh climate, water scarcity and arid soil, inhospitable for agriculture. Moreover, Israel had to face hostility from its neighboring countries, and to manage a major wave of Jewish immigration from different parts of the world. This was a challenging task, as the Jewish immigrants came from different cultures, had a different mentality, and above all – they spoke different languages. At the time, political, security, social and economic goals seemed beyond reach. Nevertheless, there was no other choice but to move forward and build a State. Vietnamese students depart for Israel to join an internship on agriculture field in 2020. Courtesy Photos of the embassy I remember my Grandfather telling me his life story and how back in Poland, he was a librarian, but when he immigrated to Israel, he had to become a farmer. He learned how to grow cotton, in his socialist-communist village called ‘Kibbutz’, when the outside temperature was over 40 degrees Celsius. "How could you do that?" I asked him with amazement, and he replied, "There was no other choice. In Europe, my whole family was murdered in the Holocaust. We can never go back there. We must have our very own place, and every drop of sweat was worth it". Slowly but surely, the State of Israel developed, and against all odds it managed to face the many challenges ahead. Israel developed smart solutions enabling growing food crops in spite of the harsh conditions. In its early years, top Jewish scientists from Europe and America joined the efforts to develop the young country and began establishing Universities in order to educate the future generations of …
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