“Israel” is very much like an adolescent with a bunch of problems that is now pushing their elderly parent (the US) around. I don’t believe that the tail 100% wags the dog, but I do believe that we never would have gotten this far if we had a president with a pulse and neurological activity.
Colonizers have this really weird entitlement where they think the "inferior kinds" are supposed to recognize their own "inferiority" and let themselves be killed for the glory of the master race. When their victims fight back, the colonizers see it as a violation of the natural order.
It's not normal because normally all the rockets are going the other way and they get to bomb all of their neighboring countries without worrying about retaliation.