Yes, but Israel hasnt gone around threatining its neighbors saying "We will nuyke you out of existence", while the other nuke contender in the middle-east(Iran), has already threatened to blwo Israel out of existence(they dont even have nukes yet!). Imagine what they will do with nukes. Also iran doesnt have good realtions with alot of middle-eastern countries(alot of arab coutnries like UAE, Saudi arabia, etc, in particular view iran as the biggest threat to the stability of the region)