Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan zama jihar, Isra'ila ta fuskanci mawuyacin halin tattalin arziki. Kazalika da samun farfadowa daga mummunan tasirin 1948 Arab-Israeli War
, dole ne kuma ta karɓi ɗaruruwan dubban 'yan gudun hijirar Yahudawa daga Turai da kusan miliyan daga duniyar Larabawa. Isra'ila ta kasance cikin damuwa da kudi kuma ta fuskanci rikicin tattalin arziki mai zurfi, wanda ya haifar da manufofin tsattsauran ra'ayi daga 1949 zuwa 1959. Rashin aikin yi ya yi yawa, kuma ajiyar kuɗin waje ya yi ƙaranci.