To be frank the article contains a wide variety of views across the entire Israeli political spectrum....naturally the Hawks among the conservatives are crying hoarse ...and the moderates are more like reassuring the general public that they have the " capability" to defend their homeland against all Ahmedinejad's talk of the " demise of Israel"......so whats wrong in it ?......
You apparently missed the point. I do follow Israeli politics and I am well aware of the different segments. By the way, a similar spectrum exists in Iran. My point was, regarding controversial wording that you spoke about. Had the same been said by an official of say, Iran, the reaction would have been inherently very different. Also, it wasn't the talk of self-defense that I was addressing, it was that regarding what they mentioned about a President-- arguably calling for his death.
Also, briefly, Ahmadinejad in that much-controversial UN address had actually quoted Ruhollah Khomeini in those sentences and so, setting aside his views regarding them, they are not his creation. Secondly, the quote addressed the demise of the 'occupying' regime-- i.e the status attributed to it by it's policies.
bearing in mind Ahmedinejad is lecturing to Lebanese groups like the hezbollah present in large numbers in the crowd....and these include suicide bombers who routenely target Israeli military officers and also civilians ....its a response ...not a provocative act.....
Hezbollah does not conduct suicide missions, their missions may be sucicidal but then again, that is a different thing altogether. Suicide missions are conducted by Hamas.
coming to the borders and making inflamed rhetoric this way certainly is a provocative act.....
I take it that you deem it justifiable for asking for one's military to place a country's president in their 'crosshairs' for making a visit in close proximity to their border.
and a nations political spectrum include a wide variety ranging from ultra-conservatives to moderates to radicalists.....case in example the Indo-Pak situation ....if some hawk in the Pakistani parliament calls for jihad with un believers and infidels in India....should we hold the view that the entire Pakistani political establishment thinks the same .....?
I have already addressed the above concerning the broad ranges of political views. Evidently, thus far the entire consensus of your opinion on the Iranian government is based on some preconceived notions-- the sum of which arguably attests a sadistic nature to them. I'll ask the same question that you have posed to me, should we hold the view that the entire Iranian political establishment think in the same light?