One thing that I think that I said many times is that being Jewish is not
simply a matter of professing a religion. Judiasm is a religion, that is
true. But, Jews are an ethnic group as well. The right of return for ethnic
Jews to Israel is absolute. Only ultra-Orthadox converts have that right;
most converted Jews have no right to Israelie citizenship. That is a bone
of contention.
My sense is that many Israeli's support Judaism as the national religion and are comfortable with the Orthodox community controlling religous issues while at the same time not being personally religous (a not so unusual circumstance if you think about it)
