There's another end game for the Middle East. The generational divide in America is huge wrt views about Israel/Palestine. Israel is eventually going to lose the unconditional support they've had from America and when that happens, their geopolitical strategy is going to have to change radically.

Undisciplined

The Middle East is like a reserve player they can drop into the game whenever they want. Until the Arab world is united with the Turks and Russia/China backing. Then it's game over

TomK

Ukraine: Game Over!

Oh no, but what will the Military Industrial Complex do if the war is over? Quick, let's create another war so they can continue to consume printed money and their stocks (owned by politicians) continue to go up. Oh look, there's been relative peace in the Middle East for a while now.