May be you're right. I'm no expert. And I'm certainly not Craig to tell you just what their thinking was/is.

> Nobody has a crystal ball - you can't justify actions based on things that haven't happened yet.

Speaking of experts, see this piece by an Isareli historian Raz Segal (who's also a controversial figure, because nothing about this conflict is without controversy): https://jewishcurrents.org/a-textbook-case-of-genocide