

The only other option is that they did reach an agreement and said agreement allowed Spain to deny its existence. Trump did this with Iran before bombing actually, where he proposed the Iranian government could save face with public statements while complying with his demands. When they refused, he bombed them.

The situation is eerily similar to that of the Crusader States and the Latin Empire in surprise surprise the “Holy Land”.
Not to mention those wars also came as a general result of prosperity and wealth in Christian kingdoms that fought and pushed back against the Islamic states.
Israel has a lot in common with the Latin Empire really. Fully supported by a foreign, far away power with strategic interests in the region.