I concur. The issue centers around not Israel itself, but the Israel vs. Palestine conflict. In any war of agression, one side is generally acting in self-defense. The other, an agressor. In studying the nature of this conflict, we see that Palestine a virtually a total dictatorship, and its motives for attack are not in the spirit of anything right or just (like freedom) but a claim to land based on irational beliefs. Israel on the other hand, is acting in defense of its right to live as a free nation, to the extent that it IS free.
Israel is moving progressively down the road to capitalism, bit by bit. Palestine, conversely, is despotic and shows no sign of changing that. No palestinians have risen against Arafat and all are united in hatred of Jews. So, in this case, we are looking at a matter of degrees. Israel is many degrees closer to capitalism than Palestine.
Also, Israel's war is the same kind of war we are fighting: a war aggainst terror. Failure to support Israel would be hypocritical. Unfortunately, our government is failing to see this simple logic.