The growth of a Jewish culture would cease to be the concern of the whole people; social experiments would have to be discarded as impractical luxuries; political thought would center around military strategy….
is negated by the fact that Israel has become the most advanced and modern country in that region.
I think they meant less how advanced they were and more that, as time goes on, and their surrounding get more hostile, they will slowly move away from developing a culture of Jewish identity and become more just a martial state.
This is why you read your history. This person read their history and was able to use it to look over 70 years in the future.
Except this part
is negated by the fact that Israel has become the most advanced and modern country in that region.
I think they meant less how advanced they were and more that, as time goes on, and their surrounding get more hostile, they will slowly move away from developing a culture of Jewish identity and become more just a martial state.