I don't really have much to add to this article in the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/...
Basically, it details the presence of Nazi leaders who fled after WWII not to South America, as is well known, but to the Middle East, mostly Egypt and Syria. There, they advised the local governments, particularly when it came to military matters. They also acted to help the West German government get military contracts and so on with the Arab nations. To avoid detection, apparently many of them converted to Islam and assumed Arab names.
The reason I am posting this is because my mind is slightly blown by the fact that the fledgling independent Arab nations surrounding Israel, from the late 40s/early 50s on, were being advised by Jew killing, genocidal Nazis.
This could explain a great deal about how things progressed there, and how it all ended up in the unholy mess there is today.