@cazzie But, the Jews in the world and in Israel are fairly similar statistically, religiously, and their support for Israel. When I say support, I mean wanting it to continue to be a nation, but also wanting the Palestinians to have their own country. Jews around the world (which basically means America) are around 40% self idenitifed as secular. It must be similar in Europe I would guess, and in Latin American they tend to be more religious in my experience. Of course Israelis themselves want to protect their country, the same as anyone would want to protect their own country, not for religious reasons, but for patriotic reasons and/or to protect their way of life.
I like that you pointed out being Jewish is not the same as being Israeli, except, the rest of the world very much perceives Jewish and Israeli as almost synonomous, and indeed Israelis I think feel it is a Jewish country. I know I feel it is a Jewish country, but not in the sense of religious, just in the sense of the people there are Jewish, and I, as a Jew like the idea of having a place to go when someone decides we should be enslaved or killed of again. I, however, prefer nations to not have any religious identification mixed in with government, if the world were perfect. Plus, really, who the heck am I? I do not lay down my life for Israel, I do not pay taxes in Israel, I do not contribute to improving Israeli society, my position is purely selfish in regards to have a country to go to as a plan B. No matter what I think Israel was created in the 40’s legally amd legitmately, and for that reason, even if I was not Jewish I support her, nothing to do with religion.