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Washington Post editorial says Israel's strikes on Iranian threats in the region are ginned up attempts by Netanyahu to goose his election numbers, and raise the 1981 Osirak strike washingtonpost.com/opinions/globa…
Reminder of Begin's response to the condemnation of Osirak and the implication that Jews should stay in their box and await destruction: 
"Whenever I have to choose between saving the lives of our children or getting the approval of the Security Council and all those other fair-weather friends, I much prefer the former."
From his childhood through his years in Betar through the underground through Israeli politics, Begin had one paramount concern that drove him: the dignity of the Jew.
