Yes. That is why I said: faced with larger threats
What I can add is that this is indeed not just a "larger" threat for them. It "activated" a millennium-deep Jewish trauma (through pogroms up to the Holocaust). Deep, very deep.
>>throwa+(OP)
I think any country faced with the same situation would act the same, or even less restrained. It's not some kind of esoteric jewish trauma.
>>LegitS+3A
Maybe. However, the situation itself is so special, I'm not sure how you would "generalize it" to others. And there is really nothing esoteric about the deep trauma. It is widely documented.