ROB, I was going to respond to DY’s comment to me re: immigration, but you said it beautifully.
Health,
As I’ve stated before, war and terror were the norm in Eretz Yisrael long before Zionism came into the picture.
The difference is that today we have a far greater ability – and therefore responsibility – to limit the bloodshed.
And we are CERTAINLY prohibited from exacerbating it, as anti-Zionists do. Even if you truly believe that the Jewish people would have been safer had the State not been established, the fact is that it’s here, and every bit of encouragement that anti-Zionists give to Israel’s enemies contributes to the murder of Jews.