Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)

Right.

Correct.

They may or may not. It depends.

Not stupid at all. And I'm sure Sam can expand a bit on your questions.
I think you've got those questions covered. Adding more before that has time to be thought about and reflected upon would be counter productive.

I could over time expand it by about 20,000 big folo pages, with teeny tiny print, where they use all of the margin space to cram in extra bits. I'm making a volume reference to the oral law, the Talmud.