It's a place where thanks to Uncle Sam there's no real power that can object to having their neighbors' or allies' sovereignty violated by a great power. Iraq tried to change that and... Uh... We all know how that ended.
Israel was founded by terrorists and is the biggest terrorist state in the region. They name streets and other infrastructure in honor of their celebrated terrorists. Palestinians aren't just getting the short end of the stick by being caught in-between others, they're the direct target of Israel's program of lebensraum.
Deleted my comment because I decided I'm not informed enough to say anything but it was the first I had heard of Syria being involved. I knew about Lebanon and Iran