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I struggle a bit with this "it's not complicated" narrative.
On the one side you've got a modern democratic state built on the principle that the world is antisemitic, and at some point will try and wipe them out. Their society is made up of a range of factions - religious extremists that don't believe Israel should exist, secular racists, liberals, Arabs, sausage eating ex-soviets who blagged their way in to escape communism. Helpfully, their governments are formed of coalitions so there is no way to reach consensus. They're funded by the most powerful country in the world, who handily they then spend most of that funding with.
On the other you've got a split population ruled by two parties - one of which is a democratically elected Islamic extremist antisemitic organisation that wants to destroy Israel. The other is hapless and corrupt.
All are surrounded by a mix of states with a mix of aims, delivering a mix of funding - some terrorism, some humanitarian, who change their positions and backing as and when.