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Israel is always under threat of annihilation, and I reckon there are other actors waiting to see if she puts herself into a diplomatic situation that they can move against her with reduced international risk.


And we do differentiate between Palestinian and Hamas. I disagree that all Hamas are Palestinian, some/many/most are likely outsiders. And those outsiders do want to destroy Israel and, if possible, all Jews. And many of them don't really care about the Palestinians either, likely a reason they are so willing to use them as shields.



Israel doesn't help herself by not being more forceful against the ultras who keep pushing into Palestinian territory. Those ultras are also too selective about scripture. They like the bits that talk about all the land being theirs west of the Jordan but seemingly ignore repeated calls about justice to "foreigners". (Ex 22:21; 23:9; Lev 19:33-34; Deut 10:18-19 - love foreigners) There is special reference to knowing what it like to be the ill-treated foreigner. This is especially pertinent now since the Jews have be "foreigners" in more places than when the scriptures were written.