Whilst I've never, ever disagreed with any of your posts before and I appreciate your viewpoint, I'd say this has way more to it than geo-political strategy.
The conflation of 'jew to Israel' is basically a redundant argument given that it's a 'democratic' state and that an apartheid, non-negotiating Government has been voted in time and time again.
Yitzhak Rabin being thee case. The one time there was a 'pursuer' of peace, he was seen as a danger to the Israeli state and seen off.
Where does conflation end and endless voting for warmongering be the norm?
I once held the belief that the conflation between the two was a misnomer and a tool to be used politically, but years of evidence and not just history has shown that Israel is an apartheid state and any argument that 'they are just protecting themselves' and a vote for Likud , who are an elected party of the Ultra Right shows otherwise.
Israel does whatever the fuck it wants to do, whenever it wants to do and all because American and most British politicians are on the payroll.
It's not even an ideological discussion anymore. I agree that's it's a geo-political ally where politicians are on the take for their own and Israeli interests, but its also mostly a sky wizard argument and situation because its backed by radicalised Christian Fundamentalists who can't tell the difference between stories and reality.