how israel reacts to attacks

[irvman21]

Why do people act like this tactic is something new? This is the situation Israel has been in since they declared independence. Their neighbors have always been perfectly happy to trade life for life. Israel has to respond to each attack overwhelmingly, this is a proportional response when you are outnumbered in the region by over 20-1.
The desire to destroy Israel started May 14, 1948 and has nothing to do with the occupation of Gaza, or the West Bank, or the Golan, or any of the other excuses that have been developed in the past 58 years. A Jewish state is unacceptable to the majority of the Middle East under any circumstances, but "defending our poor Palistinian brothers" plays better on TV and garners more sympathy than the truth.