Gaza and Israel will continue to break brains.
A Palestinian family runs the closest convenience store to my house. Most of my neighbors likely believe they are Mexicans.
As an intellectual exercise removed from emotional or political context it is challenging to see what the inherent United States national security interest in the region is. Israel's GDP is comparable to the State of Michigan's the last time I checked. If a large number of American soldiers are deployed to Israel or Palestine, MAGA will likely revolt and enlistment numbers will fall even further.