What sounds absurd to me is suggesting that nuking “Israel” isn’t ethical. “
Gross violation of international law. There is no moral principle to justify such an extreme act. You are thinking with anger not ethics.
“If humanity had followed your wait-and-hope strategy in WW2, the entire continent of Europe would now be the European Third Reich.”
I am not opposed to use of force. That’s why I support Israel in it’s use of force against Hamas. What am I opposed to is excessive use of force. That’s one of the reasons I am also critical of Netanyahu handling of the conflict.
The ideal civilization is one that uses no force. Purely debate to hammer out disagreements. On a practical level though, sometimes there are situations were neither side will give in so force ends up being used. As part of the calculus of judging someone’s moral compass, I look how much the person minimizes the use of force to what is necessary rather than maximizes it. You bring up Nazis. If the third Reich had nuclear weapons they would have gleefully supported nuking Israel… just like you support nuking Israel.