I'll admit to feeling rather smug when these people, perhaps unwittingly, take umbrage to the will of God Almighty.

Puny little beings that they are.

https://www.jewsnews.co.il/2018/10/06/backed-by-russia-syria-gets-bold-and-warns-israel-that-they-will-conquer-the-golan-heights-and-liberate-it-from-the-jewish-state.html