Never-Ending Conflict

I got this book (the full title is called: "Never-Ending Conflict: Israeli Military History") for my birthday and just finished it. It was a pretty good and interesting book. It dealt with all the major and minor wars and conflicts that Israel has had to fight since 1948. I have always been amazed that Israel has constantly defeated the Arab and Muslim countries that have called for the destruction of the country. Israel is such a small country that is surrounded by enemies (although some like Egypt and Jordan now have peace treaties with Israel) and not only have the Israelis kept its country secure, but it is the only thriving Democracy in the Middle East.
I am not saying that what Israel has done (especially regarding its wars) is right, but I fully understand that Israel has always felt "between a rock and a hard place" and that if they loose even one war then their country and their people will be destroyed.
The book talks about the 1948 War of Independence, the 1956 Suez War, the Six Day War in 1967, the Yom Kippur War of 1973, the wars in Lebanon and the conflict with the Palestinians. While the book does have a pro-Israeli view point it does talk about the good and the bad (both what the Arabs/Muslims did and the Israelis.) It is the closest neutral book on Israeli military history that I have seen.
I have said it before that that one of the two countries in the world I think still need to have military conscription is Israel (the other is South Korea.) Israel requires both men and women to be in the military (except for Israeli Arabs) and the fact that they have won every major war since the country was created in 1948 shows how effective the Israeli military is.
The main threat to Israel today is from Iran and the Palestinians. The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have elected a pro-terrorist government (Hamas) that vows to destroy Israel as a whole and I can understand why Israel feels threatened by them. The Palestinians continue to shoot rockets and missiles into Israel killing innocent people and so the Israeli Government does what it should do in such a situation - it bombs the Gaza Strip. Until the Palestinians as a whole give up their open support for terrorism I do not believe they should have a separate state. Once the suicide bombings, rocket attacks and Hamas stop only then should Israel and the rest of the world allow the Palestinians to have their own country. To do so before the terrorism stops only creates another Arab/Muslim terrorist-supported country and the world does not need nor deserve that.