As an Israeli academic... talkbacks

FINK RESPONSE
The view of an Israeli academic:
It is inevitable that Israel address the existential threat from the Iranian-backed terrorist state - "Hamastan" - pouring ballistic fire into Israel, digging tunnels across the border to smuggle in homicide bombers and kidnap soldiers - having delayed our action for three years and having acted indecisively now costs many more lives on both sides (but still far less than if the action were to be further postponed).
Even though the death statistics on the Israeli side are low, whole cities are paralyzed and rendered dis-functional as people duck for cover several times a day, families living in terror under the random roulette selecting whether or not it is their turn to get maimed and killed or have their property destroyed, each time sirens wail. If you were personally under such attack in your own city here in the UK, would you expect your government to consult Mr. Fisk's irrelevant historical digression or would you expect it to act vigorously?