You are correct.
This is a civilizational/ethnic/religious conflict which even Col. Macgregor is now starting to call 'Jewish Supremacy' in the Middle East. If, say, Egypt were to become a regional Superpower, like the Ottomans used to be for centuries, then that would be less of an 'offence'. But Israelis proudly claim to be 'The Last Outpost of the West in the Middle East' while also claiming a 3000-year old 'claim to the land. Israelis are proudly and very stupidly distancing themselves from the Middle East-- $issing on the locals. In effect calling them inferior. It's an insult to the locals even if their rulers, for the sake of expediency, are taking. But even the rulers should know that they will ALWAYS be under threat from the imperial Israelis should a trade or commerce deal wouldn't favor Israel. It is not an exaggeration to say that if the GCC or the Saudis decide to take independent foreign policy then they would be bombed!!
It is in the nature of the scorpion to sting. It is in the nature of the warmongering machine to wage wars--because that's its sustenance. You'd see that once you remove the glitters of shiny cities and dancing beautiful women.