No, Israel is fighting others as a matter of survival. One day after Israel declared independence in 1948, the regular armies of Egypt, Transjordan, Iraq and Syria attacked, supported by local Palestinian armed groups. The fighting has continued in one form or another since then. Every war Israel fought has been against enemies vowed to destroy the Jewish state. However, Egypt and Jordan have shown the way out of the state of perpetual war in the Middle East. They recognized Israel's right to exist and signed peace treaties, Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994. No more wars involving those countries since then. That's what it takes for a permanent peace- recognition of Israel'sright to exist behind secure borders. On the other hand, Iran and groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis cling to their goal of Israel's destruction. Israel can't make peace with any country or group whose sole goal is Israel's destruction and the elimination of its citizens. I don't like answering within a quote box, but I'll do so because a board rule limits the number of quote boxes that can be displayed. I'll use bold italicized text for my answers. I don't speak German, but according Internet sources, the correct translation of "the chosen people" when referring to Jews is "das auserwähltes Volk." I mean, after 78 years of that "absolute necessity", as you call Israel, I can´t see any decrease of anti-Semitism, rather an increase. If antisemitism is increasing (and it is), that underscores the "absolute necessity"of a Jewish homeland and Jewish majority state. Jews cannot rely on non-Jews to protect them when push comes to shove. They have to do it themselves.
