I'm not sure how that factors into the current situation. All of the Israeli's that are able to defend Israel now were most likely born after May 14, 1948 so the whole guilt and remorse thing probably means squat to them. Yes, it is a flashpoint now and I would expect Israel to do what is necessary to crush those that would attempt to burn them out of existence.
This is nothing new. Bordering states have already tried this with armies and failed. However, now the enemy hides like cowards behind civilians sending their wolves in cloaked as sheep. All the while the world watches and waits for that arrant bomb or missile to kill civilians so Hamas or Hezbollah can gasp at the "savagery" of Israeli tactics and bask in the UN's condemnation of it.
All I need to do is briefly glance at the Hamas charter or review Arafat pissing on Clinton's attempts to bring about some sense of peace to this mess and I can easily place every single Palestinian death squarely on the shoulders of their own leaders who have done ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to prevent it.
-Castle