I am convinced that Israel has realized that it can't survive a drawn out conflict, and will endlessly provoke literally all of it's neighbors until things have escalated to the point that the US feels the need to properly enter the fray.
Edited: Bad wording on my part in the first one. I'm just tired - not awful
What makes you think they only want to wipe out everyone in the Middle East?
That's America. And they've been doing it nonstop for, shit I don't even know how long.
because Israeli soldiers have patches of "Greater Israel"?