When you have been trained to think of yourself as a victim who must revolt against the guys at the top you go for the most visible one. That was Israel but now that door has been closed. So they are going after the next most visible target and the one they should have been going after all along.
Not a real surprise. But it is a good lesson in why cultivating this kind of mindset is dangerous. This will continue until this the mind set is changed.
Good response. I really am truly surprised, however, that some of the higher muckity mucks haven't knocked each other off every now and then. Even the mafia does that.
But then again, lower food chain!