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Correct (or partly correct - the Shah was secular) but has little to do with Israel, and nothing to do with Arabs?
Only in the broadest sense? Israel's foundation was only enabled by Soviet military aid at a time when Western countries were largely unwilling to assist; the US intervened in support of Egypt against Israel in the 1950s, and US military aid didn't become a major factor in Israel until the 1970s.
... that was also not until the 1970s.
It's less "Israel strong" and more "Dictatorships hollow out institutions, including vital institutions like the military", like I explicitly said.