Israel, as a refuge nation for the Jews of the world, is in a difficult situation, surrounded by increasingly monolithic religious states antithetical to the existence of a Jewish Israel. The major Muslim actors in Israel's neighborhood have sworn to annihilate Israel.  It appears that Israel under Netanyahu and other conservative leaders is intent on extending its borders from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. Whether one approves that or not appears to be irrelevant - no regional power has the ability to stop it, and Israel, though bought and paid for, is the strongest US ally in the region, with the advantage of a beachhead. In addition, Israel has a bunch of high-quality nuclear weapons, and a great air force, bought and paid for largely by us, the citizens of the USA.  No one else in the region, with the exception of Russia (a very important exception) comes close in terms of military power.

The Israeli hard-liners are going to do what they want, no matter what.