About a year ago I saw a map on this site that really drove the point of how small Israel really is home.
It showed a map of the region with a quote box coming from the tiny speck that was Israel and the quote box said something like "Israel is a travesty against God and it cannot be allowed to stand" (that may not even be close).
I wish I had save it. It really would fit this thread.
Hezbollahs fight with Israel, viewed widely here as a battle between the militias David and the Jewish states Goliath."
Pakistan is 97% Muslim and I doubt they read the Old Testament.
Israel is a very tiny part of the whole region only consisting of about 6.2 million people. Their enemies are several countries that are not only 10-20 times as large, but also 10-20 times more populated.