Also don't forget, most of the Jewish founders of the state of Israel were secular left wing Jews. There were various right wing factions who played a significant role in independence but Israel was set up primarily as a socialist state. A considerable amount of Jews believed the Messiah had to come first and create a religious state, rather than a secular state and were vocally opposed to Israel's re-creation before then. The vast majority of them stayed behind in Europe and were wiped out in the Holocaust.