rmac
Understood.
re "And regarding PTT's comment, does anyone think that Israel would be quite so boldly aggressive if big brother US wasn't standing so closely behind them ?"
IMHO, yes, I think post 1945 they determined that they were not going to be kicked around any more and instead would fight back with a lot more determination in the future - which has been shown.
Now, they might not be as technologically advanced as they are without the US but I would say that they are pretty resourceful and would have come up with a similar solutions to achieving the same goals - possibly via the Russian equipment or by doing what China is doing.
I also agree with rh200. Just like Hitler, it wouldn't have mattered if all Jews were Blue eyed with blond hair, they were still Jews to be got rid of.
Just my HO