B T : There are about 9 million Israeli's today,surely we can find more than 5 nutcases? Five right wingers?

In the period of Israels labour party led by Yitzhak Rabin about 1993-5. He called for a dialogue ,peace with the Arabs.
In February 1992 in the Labour Party, Rabin was selected Chairman , after the election victory in June 1992, began his second tenure as Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.

Rabin's 2nd term as Prime Minister had two historic events - the Oslo Agreements with the Palestinians and the Treaty of Peace with Jordan . Working closely with Shimon Peres, the Foreign Minister and his longtime rival, he masterminded negotiations on the Declaration of Principles signed with the PLO at the White House in September 1993. It opened negotiations with the Palestinians on autonomy in Gaza and some areas of Judea and Samaria and on the establishment of a Palestinian Authority. Then, in October 1994, a Treaty of Peace was signed with the Kingdom of Jordan. This encouraged the development of ties with additional Arab countries in North Africa and the Persian Gulf.

On November 4, 1995, on leaving a mass rally for peace held under the slogan "Yes to Peace, No to Violence," Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish right-wing extremist.
We offered peace to the Arabs but in return we got thousands of rockets. Even people of the left wing saw the folly of dialogue! (and peace!) That's why a right wing government followed !