"Gone are the days of an innocent Jewish population exterminated by Nazis."  Absolutely true!

Beating back the attacks by Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, and those in Gaza since 1947 (69 years) tends to remove 'innocence' from the equation.  

Being armed with nuclear weapons on submarines off the coast tends to keep Iran and others at bay, as well.

Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) is what kept the USSR and the US from going all out.  Hard to 'exterminate' someone if you know that you and all your people will be exterminated 32 minutes later.