Same reason they took a slice of earth that was one of the most desolate places in the Ottoman Empire and turned it into a productive nation.
You work and invest, you get results.
(Yeah, I know the video goes into more detail but reason that I gave is why.)
Just think what the human species could achieve if we took our abilities and used them to make our lives better.
Decades ago in an interview, the King of Morocco said, imagine how the region could be transformed if (in not quite these words) the Arabs stopped trying to kill the Israelis and instead learned from them and worked beside them.