I don’t attribute any holiness to the Israeli government essentially for the reasons you list as well as a few others. I view them as a secular government that happens to be mostly comprised of Jews. That being said, they are better than the alternative. Were it not for a Jewish government in charge, you probably would not have the privilege of living in EY at all, much less in a yishuv. Be grateful that any Jew who wants to can come to EY with far less hassle than they would encounter going anywhere else; be grateful that you have the privilege of living in a dominant Jewish society where, despite all the secularism, our holidays are the national holidays and Shabbos is a day off. Do you realize what it means not to have to explain to your boss why you need to leave early on Fridays and why you need to take approximately 2 weeks worth of leave every year for various holidays? You can walk around in August in a black hat or a long skirt and tichel and nobody thinks you’re weird. Be grateful that in December, you don’t have to shield your kids from the fat man in the red suit. Be grateful that you can daven in dozens of the holiest places there are pretty much whenever you please. None of this would be possible without Jews in charge, even if those Jews sometimes do bad things or hurt frum interests. My husband and I hope and pray that we will have the zchus to permanently move there in the next couple of years (if Moshiach doesn’t come before then). You are incredibly lucky to already have that zchus, and you should acknowledge that the Israeli government, upsetting as they may be at times, has a significant hand in that.
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