... which is not, I say again, to say that Israel in its present form is other than a grievous disappointment to those of us who rejoiced then. We are not rejoicing now at the state, in both senses, that Netanyahu & his like have reduced it to. But they have been driven to it regrettably. As even Carroll-the-Prejudice has admitted {not ignoring his doctrinaire & tendentious qualifications, however}

"everyone has the right to defend themselves".