Is the Israel Defence Forces the strongest army in the Middle East?

Answer 1

The question is difficult to pin down, resting as it does on the ambiguous term 'strongest'. In order to appropriately address the question, one would have to understand the questioner's definition of army strength.

Perhaps it's relevant to mention that in over 50 years, the IDF has carried the responsibility for meeting the existential threat posed by a number of surrounding nations and other political entities with the formally-expressed policy of nullifying the existence of Israel, and the outcome is that in 2009, Israel still exists. One observation might be that the IDF is "strong enough". But this still begs the question, and unfortunately the question must remain begged until it is stated more definitively.

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A: The IDF is the strongest army in the Middle East. The other Middle East counties have not good armies like the IDF who get supporting from the United States and Europ's contries.

In 1967, 3 countries from the Middle East (Egypt, Jordan, Syria) engaged in war with Israel. In only 6 days Israel defeated all these countries and enlarged her area in 50% - Sinai in Egypt, The Golan in Syria and combined east Jerusalem to a part of Israel.