The land, he believed, “must be conquered by the toil and sweat of Jewish pioneers, not by force of arms.” He said the land must be conquered. Most of Israel was not fit to grow beans.
Where are you getting this propaganda about 200 billion dollars back in 1948? On May 14, 1948, the United States had offered de facto recognition of the Israeli Provisional Government, but during the war, the United States maintained an arms embargo against all belligerents.— You can look that up in any historical website of your choice.