but if they did nothing they'd probably have been destroyed already, they ran to Palestine to escape those who would kill them, its no different if they face the same there.
in this time* of relative peace its easy to forget how much sh*t went the Israeli's way in the 70s/80s - the PLO; pflp, etc [splitters] - they're still reacting to that level of threat. even tho the situations, are hugely changed.
(*prior to oct 7th last year)