"Do you think a country has the right to defend itself against a group that's openly said its goal is to destroy it?"

Yes, I do think Palestine has the right to defend itself from Israel.

After all, Netanyahu said:

In any future arrangement … Israel needs security control over all territory west of the Jordan [...] This collides with the idea of sovereignty [for Palestinians]. What can you do?

https://truthout.org/articles/netanyahu-says-israels-goal-is-to-wipe-out-all-possibility-of-palestinian-state/

I can't believe they're trying to DARVO on a global scale. Free Palestine.