The State of Israel itself is not a “minor socialogical issue”
Its very differnt to say Next Year in Jerusalem when its unlikely you will ever go there in your lifetime and when you can go tommorrow if you like or even live there
Living in a place where Jews control the government is very different than living in a place where the government is Hostile to jews (Dont compare the modern state of Israel to Czarist or Communist Russia) or in a place that is benevolent to jews (The US) where you can pretty much do what you want and the government will support your decision