I have a Jewish friend who broke it down like this: Israeli aggression is directly related to fears regarding the Jews' continued survival. Essentially, they channeled all their fears and anger over the Holocaust into Israeli military victories. Once Israel had been established, the founders--many of whom barely survived WW2--took one look at the Arabs coming in from all sides, said "Oh shit", and reacted the way they felt they should have reacted when the Gestapo came for them.

And they've been reacting like that ever since.

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"Huh? The Five Elements!"
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