There is only one conclusion, and Moshe Dayan already said it in his eulogy over the grave of Roi Rutenberg, who was murdered by Arabs from Gaza in the 1950s: “This is our life’s choice: to be prepared and armed, strong and determined, lest the sword slip from our hand and our lives be cut down.”
From a column by Ze’ev Schiff in Ha’aretz. Ha’aretz is left of center in Israel, but everyone is beginning to understand that for the forseeable future there will be no peace for Israel.