Wrong, Professor Norton!
Israel does not wish to maintain "hegemony" over its neighbors. It simply wishes not to be blown up by homicide bombers, not to have its soldiers snatched during cross border invasions on its own territory, and not to have missiles rained down on itself by Islamic fascists.
Too much to ask? Maybe in your mind, but in any event it hardly constitutes a desire to maintain your fictitious "hegemony."
