I was really trying hard to stay out of this but you are just making it hard for me not to. I've said before I don't care who or how you worship, it's none of my business and I hate organized religion.
Israel is a made up country afforded to them after the last world war. It doesn't square with me now. They have taken every advantage to try to be force in the middle east. They have sucked off our resources and intelligence and became the Frankenstein that we created.
I'm not talking about the people, I'm talking about the state or country or whatever you want to call it. They have engaged in systematic oppression of Palestinians for decades if only to support political positions and why our government supports that, I will never know but I fear we have been hoodwinked by putting religion before foreign policy.
You need to dig deep within yourself to find the answers and stop attacking other posters for their beliefs. It's not healthy and it's definitely not 'small d' democratic.
I think you're getting lost in the shuffle