The Mormons don't go on missions to Arab countries, so the Utah spy site is of limited use. But many Israelis on the other hand do speak Arabic; its a secondary language there; so they are naturally a place to outsource electronic surveillance of Arab speaking countries.
Not so many: there are indeed ~1.4*10^6 arabic speakers in Israel, but most are Palestinian-Israeli, barred from getting any security clearence by the Israeli military.
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The Mormons don't go on missions to Arab countries, so the Utah spy site is of limited use. But many Israelis on the other hand do speak Arabic; its a secondary language there; so they are naturally a place to outsource electronic surveillance of Arab speaking countries.
Not so many: there are indeed ~1.4*10^6 arabic speakers in Israel, but most are Palestinian-Israeli, barred from getting any security clearence by the Israeli military.