I think regardless of whether or not we care about Israel and Middle East we can all agree with PaulWell you asked...
#5. I have a life.
Granted, we are christians. Granted, Israel is God's chosen people. Granted, Israel factors heavily into end-time prophecy. Granted, we should probably keep an eye on what they are doing.
But I have already have a life of my own, so I neither need nor have the time to dig so deep as some people do and try to extrapolate so heavily. Some people really need to get themselves a life.
I don't pay as close attention as some people seem to for the same reason I don't care as much about the royal family as some people care. It's not my business and I have other business of my own to attend to.
Romans 10:1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved