That will only work until the next wave of Kill-the-Jews holy warriors arrive on the scene. Then Israel will have to do it all over again, just as they have been doing since 1948.
I believe Israel has been hoodwinked into being too ‘sweet’ at times... by a world community that’s not all it should be... there’s reasons...
Jews were like orphans for much of history. Other kids could bully them because ‘other kids’ had a ‘big father at home who would kick butt... Jews didn’t have that advantage - the advantage of having a home country. So they learned other skills to survive. Those skills were important but have been working against them in their dealings with the Palestinians...
Israel needs to kill all the Hamas leadership, destroy all their weapons, take out tunnels, destroy the infrastructure that supports Hamas. But NO, they don’t need to kill Palestinian civilians.
Mutually assured destruction’s a good idea too. If Israel gets nuked, places like Iran need to understand they’ll be destroyed. Israel needs to let the world know they’re all grown up, a serious world leader player, and a force NOT to be messed with...
Oh, and they need to be polite to John Kerry in a dismissive but pleasant way... ‘Yes, John - we’ll sit down for coffee and have a nice chat soon... right now we’re too busy fighting a war... maybe next week...