I find it interesting that the perception is that Israel is stronger than all the arab countries surrounding it combined.   Perhaps you may want to look at a map.   Israel has about 1% of the land and about 1% of the population.   It is kind of like Iowa stating it could defeat the rest of the United States.   I don't think any of us can truly understand how that feels (maybe Michael Moore when he was at the Republican convention on Monday or Sean Hannity when he was at the Democratic convention)

I continue you say- you don't negotiate with terrorists.   You defeat them.