Israel as an ally

I have trouble accepting that Israel is an ally of ours and the reasons why. Many in the US adhere to the belief that the Israelites are the chosen people of god. They believe this because of their understanding of the bible. They believe that by associating ourselves with and supporting Israel, they ("real" American christians) will be included in the rapture, will be bodily lifted up into the sky, and will spend eternity in the glory of heaven. For the moment I will forget the fairytale thinking; the ethno-, theo-, and not to mention ego-centrism; and the faulty logic of that belief.

One crucial point they all seem to forget comes from their own bible: the Israelites took many opportunities throughout the bible to concoct, construct, and worship other gods besides yahweh - e.g. baal, the golden calf, etc. Every time god turned his back for a second, the Israelites were worshipping somebody else. Why are they still considered chosen?

Under the reign of King George II of America, some of us seem to have adopted the mentality that we are the good guys so whatever we decide to do must be good too. I'm afraid that's just not how it works. You become the good guys by doing good things. You stay the good guys by continuing to do good things and by not doing bad things (like wars of aggression, imprisonment without proof, and torture). Israel's status of being chosen by god makes them the good guys in the eyes of some, no matter what atrocities they commit.

Just this morning, Israel bombed a UN humanitarian aid supply building and another building that contained members of the international news media, injuring a few of them. Is it a coincidence that, at the beginning of this particular series of attacks, Israel refused to grant access to Gaza to the UN and the news media? Now they have bombed buildings housing both groups. They have called their actions a "grave mistake". The terminology is very telling. An "accident" would mean they tried to bomb something else but hit both of those two buildings due to some error. A "mistake" means they intended to hit those two buildings but now realize they probably shouldn't have. Their false contrition is very moving, but the damage has been done.

To date:

1055 dead Palestinians (670 of whom were civilians)
13 dead Israelis ( 3 of whom were civilians)