Attacked from all sides
Israel attacked Egypt in response to Egyptian denial of Israeli shipping through the Suez Canal.
Sennacherib and Shalmaneser (V) each attacked Israel in the north, several years apart.
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They attacked and invaded Israel. Concurrently, they made the situation so harsh for Jews domestically, that 850,000 Jews fled the Arab countries as well.
1) In 1956, Israel attacked Egypt with the prompting of the United Kingdom and France. 2) In 1967, Israel attacked Egypt responding to an Egyptian blockade of Israel's southern port. All other wars that Israel has participated in have been brought about due to attacks on its land or its people first.
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The Arab countries surrounding Israel have never wanted Israel to exist, and have attacked numerous times.
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They attacked Israel within days of its formal creation.
It was the Lord God of Israel who helped the Philistines when they attacked Judah. Judah was in Israel at that time, and when the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served other Gods, the Lord was angry against Israel and sold them into the hands of the Philistines. (Judges 10,6,7)