sentences:  A concerted effort by the Israeli government to populate Eilat began in 1955 when Jewish immigrant families from Morocco were resettled there.Eilat began to develop rapidly after the Suez Crisis in 1956, with its tourism industry in particular starting to flourish.After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War Arab countries maintained a state of hostility with Israel, blocking all land routes; Israel's access to and trade with the rest of the world was by air and sea alone.