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Good afternoon from (a suburb of) Tel Aviv.
I agree with every word you wrote.
Regarding self-haters like Glenn, I believe it's a result of 2000 years of diaspora living, where non-jewish terror and murder caused jews to internalize fear, weakness, and self-hatred. If you want to see the best example of this, go see Woody Allen's Annie Hall. The scene where he's eating with his non-jewish girlfriend's family, and imagines himself being seen as an ultra-orthodox jew, tells it all.
Jews like Glenn have a real problem when they see Israel using force in its defense. I believe it's mostly fear; we're abandoning the historical jewish response to persecution, which is to run, and trying something new; what if we fail?
