Well, it helps make it fun if you're murdering some really awful people. I don't think the vast majority would revel in being forced to kill innocent and/or sympathetic types.
Regardless, the latest games have been remarkably good.
Also worth noting Israel actually took some hits. The veneer of invulnerablity has fallen off and some settlers are going to run, aiding to the death spiral. It's not enough but not nothing.
Nah, it isn't, at least most of the time.