My views on Israel and the actors in the region have had very little influence from the mainstream news. I haven't watched them for years.

What I have done is follow other believers and ministries in the land give first hand accounts of the situation there over the years. And I'm telling you, I had no idea how little the majority of the followers of Messiah knew about the region. But that hasn't kept them from opening their mouth wide to speak arrogant/ignorant words.