If you do not understand God’s relationship to Israel, then you cannot understand the situation in the Mid-East.
Ask yourself, “Why does a tiny tribe of people still exist after thousands of years, after being run over on several occasions by the strongest empires of the time? Why do so many nations start foaming at the mouth in rage, trying to destroy Israel? Why has no one, from Nebuchadnezzar to Hitler to Yasser Arafat, succeeded?”
The Jewish people are God’s reminder to the world that no matter how sophisticated, powerful and enlightened we think ourselves, He is still in charge.
I don’t believe in that kind of God, so I see events in the Middle East developing rhough Human action, not divine.