Yes. A decades long process of well documented oppression, persecution, killing, jailing & occupation of lands tends to provoke an aggressive reaction. And Israel is self-defending by also openly targeting & killing civilians on a large scale (as opposed to the usual drawn out day to day targeting)

I’m not questioning your broad point, but I do question your language here. Is killing children (something both sides have done) an ‘aggressive reaction’? And haven’t both sides ‘openly targeted & killed citizens on a large scale’ recently? We should call these things what they are, I think.