Why do you think?

The correct terminology is "defence frame"

Did you misread the question cookie? I asked why you think.

No you didn't. It was a rhetorical question. 

Because as far as they are concerned it protects them from the enemies who surround them and isn’t their to fight overseas in things like the war on terror.

“No you didn't. It was a rhetorical question.”

Ahhhh, but was it?

Is it.

And our armed forces are managed by our Ministry of Defence. What’s your point?

Freedom is slavery and all that

same reason we changed the Ministry of War to the Ministry of Defence

I suppose after ww1 Churchill wanted to change the focus. If we reverted to the War Office the peaceniks would be up in arms. 

Everyone calls it "defence spending". Perhaps they also don't have the pompousness of separate branches of the armed forces like we have, so prefer an all encompassing title.

at least we havent got to the ministry of peace yet.

Quiz - Orwell not Orwell?

Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Information 

Ministry of Love

Ministry of Happiness

Ministry of Transport 

Ministry of Sound

So they can pretend they never take the offensive.

I dont think the Israeli military has global expeditionary pretentions like the British so in a sense they are more entitled to call their military a defence force than we are.

Generally they're preoccupied with various land grabs in the Middle East but there was the raid on Entebbe of course. 

Same as UK.  Why would they not?