Also, a lot of it had to do with the surrounding countries not being truly allies to each other or something.
That and Israel basically acting like
incredible bastards quite a bit. Part jewish by blood, myself, and nothing against jews in general, but Israel is something I find myself liking less and less as time goes by and more atrocities are committed by its hand. Nasty ass geopolitical policy and action, aye.
Whole thing's a mess, but if that's the sort of way YWHW's protection manifests, I continue to want absolutely nothing to do with the critter. The jewish nation has not made a very good showing in regards to moral action over the last few decades. Not entirely their fault, I guess -- that was a freaking
terrible place to settle down, considering the local situation, and even worse in the way it was handled, historically -- but...
... more on topic, pretty sure the bible quite specifically said there's pretty much no way to know when shit will actually go down. Trying to ascribe modern events to biblical prophecy and whatnot is... probably some variation of heresy. Or sin, I guess -- doubting the word of god, et al. Would probably posit that the best response to anything of that sort is to just pointedly ignore it and
act as if it doesn't exist. S'been too many people that have attempted to excuse terrible action because of such considerations. Don't treat Israel's actions through the lens of YWHW's protection, basically -- consider them as you would consider the actions of any other child of god, and comport yourself accordingly.
E: Actually, it did kinda' strike me that they're probably right in line with Old Testament YWHW, all things considered. Was under the impression most Christians pointedly changed topics when discussion of that particular critter comes up, though. Renegotiated contract, not actually jewish heretics, actually loving god now instead of murderous inhuman monster, etc., etc.