>>96952388
The population of the Middle East is only about 450 million depending on your definition of what the Middle East entails. This means that Israel has .4% of the population of the rest of the Middle East.

For contrast, the Tau have a population about .03% that of the Imperirum's. Israel is almost 14 times bigger than the Tau, relatively speaking.

If the Tau ever get to the point where they have about 5,000 planets, THEN they'll be the new Israel.