It's hard to discuss this topic because most of us have a whole set of trigger points. I'm not objecting to your post, but if you look at the comments here or on Booman or in any of the "lefty" sites you see the many of them reflect a narrative that  Israel is a uniquely lawless state, a racist European imposition on a previously peaceful Eden,  taking advantage of the guilt ridden nature of the tender hearted Europeans and depending on the Jews conspiratorial control of USA. That is a racist narrative (not the least because it disappears the Mizrahi Israelis).