Wacky Syrians

In a heated Debate at the United Nations today, the Syrian ambassador accused Israel of starting two world wars:

Syria responded that Israel was the one precipitating a third world war, saying that "If we examine the matter, we will find that Israel was behind the eruption of both World War I and World II."

Maybe my history is wrong, but did Israel exist prior to World War I and II? These guys can't even get their fraudulent history correct.