Indeed! Israel is nearly surrounded by Muslim countries. The sole Christian country on its border is Lebanon. Hezbollah, funded by Syria, is trying to make Lebanon a Muslim country. The President of Lebanon, by law, must be a Maronite Catholic. Hezbollah has assassinated several of Lebanon's presidents + one candidate. When last year's elections were scheduled, Hezbollah interfered. It has now been 4 months and no new elections have been scheduled. The longer this situation continues, the longer Lebanon will be run by a Muslim Prime Minister. Soon people will begin to think they no longer need a President.
Israel needs Lebanon just as Lebanon needs Israel.
I had no idea that this was the case.
I think I just got more relevant knowledge of mid-east current events in that one post than I have in years of parsing headlines.