Did I need a sarcasm tag??
Not at all. I actually agree with you. It’s just that the world just doesn’t always know why they hate Israel so much and this article, while accurate in many ways, misses the most important part. They hate Israel because they hate God, His Son and His sovereign rule. I’d just like to “rub it in their faces a little” that’s all. The author of the piece, sadly, seems equally ignorant.
“Why do the heathen rage and the people imagine a vain thing...” Psalm 2