Did defeating Hitler require defeating Satan?
Note that the Jews were a small minority of the population of Palisrael between 70 CE and 1940. In addition, at one point the majority of the population were Christians, and then somehow, God seems to have arranged for Mohammad to be born and he converted almost the entire population of the area to Islam.
So historically, it seems that "God" does not have a real devotion to any official Jewish state existing.
Persia has been Persian since pretty much forever. China has been Chinese since forever.
But Israel? No. Mark is ignorant of the history of his favorite countries: the USA and Israel.