The Arabs aren't the only ones to pay since then. Israel's constant search for allies has made it increasingly a supplier of military equipment to the world's most reactionary regimes. Moshe Dayan, Israel's defence minister, spent two months in South Vietnam in 1966 advising the American puppet government. Israel supplied arms to Chile, to Ian Smith's Rhodesia, and to all the countries upon which US president Carter placed an arms embargo for human rights violations. Israel's security police advised the Shah of Iran, while its scientists developed nuclear weapons with South Africa.
Some people argue oppression always leads to progress.
The Jews were horribly oppressed but it didn't guarantee they became progressive or revolutionary. Indeed, oppression associated with lack of power leads to reaction. When the core of Zionism meant separation from all progressive forces, from the revolutionary forces in Russia to the anti-imperialist forces in the Middle East, the rest of the tale followed naturally. Now Israel is collaborating with the Phalangists in Lebanon, an openly fascist organisation. I'm not surprised.