What do you claim Pearl Harbor was about?
Frankly, your comparison of the two says more about you than it does about either historical event.
The ADL says Israel attacked preemtively.
from wikipedia
While Allied propaganda cast the Nazis as the sole aggressor, Nazi propaganda eschewed these charges and cast the Third Reich as the defender of Europe, launching a preemptive strike in Operation Barbarossa to thwart Soviet aggression. Here, the age-old theme of "invading hordes from the East" was paired with the supposed Communist world takeover scheme to effectively rally many outside the Reich to the Nazi cause.
The first few days of the Patriotic War included the Soviet Union's own so-called preemptive strike. Following the June 22 German opening of hostilities through Operation Barbarossa, the Soviet Union began an aerial assault against Finland. From the Soviet point of view, the bombardment of Finnish residential districts on June 25, 1941 served a psychological purpose. However, the Finnish government had declared its intention to remain outside of the war, even its army was mobilized and preparing for both defense and offense. Finland's parliament had confirmed the status of nonbelligerence, but Soviet action contributed to further conflict between the Soviet Union and Finland in the Continuation War.
Some commentators have pointed out that the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor could be regarded as a preemptive attack.
It is the policy of the United States that "preemptive war" or even preventive war may be waged in appropriate circumstances as part of the Bush doctrine.