Israel’s security is still the nation’s foremost problem, David Ben Gurion said here addressing a Mapai-sponsored meeting of attorneys and other professionals. It was dangerous to think that war cannot break out, the Israel Defense Minister stated.
Ben Gurion called for settlement of the Negev and for the integration of the Israeli people which was characterized as being split into various tribes and landsmanshaften. He also stressed that he favored a better election system to ensure a democratic, stable government for Israel.
Emphasizing that the Israel Defense Army is greatly improved, highly trained and well equipped he nevertheless went on to say that it was not only the Army which would decide Israel’s stand, but rather the nation’s total strength, its moral and economic position.
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