It was about three years old when I was born so I grew up with a lot of it. Usually after an attack Israel would strike back and almost always humiliate the aggressor by destroying their army, men and taking land away or all three. You look and say to yourself WTF? Why would you attack someone without knowing you had a good chance of winning? I think it's hate, it blinds the Arabs to the reality of things. They hate each other, can't get along with each other, can't co-operate with each other and want to be the big cheese in the Middle East that kicked the Jews out. To add salt to the wound look what the Jews have made of their country in the last 75 years while the ones around them are shit holes. (figuratively speaking) They could have got along and shared in some of the prosperity, but nooooo!