[goldstategop]

Israelis rightly see their country as small, besieged and vulnerable. In a dangerous neighborhood, the key to survival is not to take risks.

That is why Israelis prefer Netanyahu. He is the only real leader with experience and stature and no one else can protect them quite as well.

They may not have warm or fuzzy feelings about him but the man gets the job done. That was all the reason in the eyes of most Israelis to send him back to the Prime Minister's Office for a fourth term.

[antceecee]

They chose the guy that gives them the best chance of staying alive!

[Netz]

The article states, “in which he portrayed the militants as charging toward Jerusalem, with naive Israeli leftists even helpfully pointing the way”.

This is what is actually happening, not just typical “Jewish Paranoia”...

It is real and is a present danger, not a figment of 6 million Israeli Jews.

[Vaquero]

The left is still scratching their bone heads. Survival trumps your leftist mantra there NY Slimes.

[WayneS]

They fear that if their army clears out it will be replaced not by peaceful Palestinian moderates but more menacing forces like Hamas...

And their fears are justified.