I think that quote looks horrible out of context but I don't believe that
outside of the most hawkish 3-5% of Israelis anyone there actually wants war with Iran so much as safety FROM Iran -- whatever that entails. That's based on a lot of time spent in Israel and a lot of time spent working with right wingers in Israeli political circles.
Remember that you're talking about a country where the secular population all serves in the military (and hard to imagine everyone of fighting age not being called up in the case of a war with Iran -- so basically everyone's family would be affected). Here we find soldiers to be among the LEAST hawkish on war because they truly know war. The same is true there.
tl;dr: I think the quote came out wrong
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Posted: 02/13/2019 at 2:33PM