NeutiquamErro, I see that I will have to explain the difference between a government and a state four hundred times. Governments run the state in accordance with the constitution (a.k.a. regime). They come and go, as sometimes do regimes (take an course on the political history of France). In fact, I heard (although I also heard it denied but that’s the way it goes)that when Rav Tzvi Yehuda said both Hallel and selichot on Yom HaAtzmaut that fell on Behab he said “Hallel for the State, selichot for the government”. The government is half a glass. Government offices are closed on Shabbat, yamim tovim and in most cases even Chol HaMoed. The IDF and other governmental offices have kosher food. Today teh YWN tells us that the observant Police Commissioner sold the Police Dept.’s chametz. The President (who is traditional and raised a storm when he called Reform avoda zara)and IDF Chief of Staff do the same. So far as promoting toeva is considered, there are several toevot. One of them is dishonesty in business (Devarim 25:13-14). Would you call an otherwise observant person who is dishonest in business “religious”? Should he receive an honor in shul? What about someone who refuses to give his wife a get? What about someone who has some other yetzer hara problem such as a bad midda (Rav Chaim Vital says that that is worse than a bad action and the Ran says in his Fifth Derasha that it is worse than an ideological errorr, which is why Avraham insisted that Yitzchak’s shidduch come from Lavan’s family and not from the Canaanites. Is there anyone (besides yourself, of course) whom you do not posel?
I also note that you did not respond to my point about IDF officer candidates.
This trend is mirrored in Israel society as a whole as reported in the Jerusalem Post.