They're tough and resourceful, and quite capable.

Unfortunately, like the Israelis, all their neighbors hate them.
Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey would love to have an excuse to eradicate them. And they are landlocked; we can't do much to help them.

As in the rest of the mid east, the situation is too complex and we are too ignorant of what is going on there to to do any good. Any attempt on our part to interfere, even if for the best of reasons, only makes things worse, our enemies will condemn our actions as interference, and our friends will take advantage of us to further their own ends.

Any action we take in that part of the world must be limited, direct, focussed, crystal clear and for a very good reason; like "Thou shalt not block the Straits of Hormuz, and if you try it we will blow you away, no questions asked." Our attempts to go in and mold future events, establish democracy, enforce the peace, encourage free trade, promote human rights, ensure stability etc. are ineffective and even counterproductive to those very ends.