Tp stick my two-cents in here and difuse some of the mudslinging:
We can all agree that establishing the Medinah had its halachic issues in the first place. I don’t know enough of the political wrangling to judge, but “by force” can definitely NOT be ruled out – the Irgun and Haganah certainly gave the British a violent run for their money. Once that was done, we can say that defense of Israel can, and should, be construed as defense of the human beings inhabiting the land. True Zionism takes a hit by the fact that Theodore Herzl, father of modern Zionism, was willing to take land elsewhere to establish a “Jewish Homeland” and it did not have to be in Eretz Hakedosha. (FYI Eilat and Gaza ware NOT part of Eretz HaKedosha, while parts of Syria ARE!)
Supporting, or joining, the government of a secular medinah that is in control of the Eretz HaKedosha falls into the same realm as supporting any government under which we live peaceably, inlcuding the USA, Canada, etc. It is just sad that Jews have left Judaism out of the equation when establishing a purpotedly Jewish country.