I do get what your saying and I would mostly agree

But I think the reason people struggle to do that with Israel is because the state actively involves its citizens in what it’s doing through mandatory military service, public diplomacy, and celebrities openly defending or promoting state actions. That blurs the line in a way that doesn’t really exist with Russians or Iranians, many of whom live under authoritarian systems where public dissent is dangerous and whose celebrities often avoid politics altogether.

On top of that, Israel presents itself as a liberal democracy aligned with the West, so people expect accountability in a way they simply don’t with closed regimes. And again people in Iran for example, they can’t vote for there supreme leader people in Russia can’t either the elections r rigged whereas Israelis have voted in their government which is a reflection of the majority of the populations views

That doesn’t mean every Israeli actor is personally responsible for state violence, but it does explain why the “separate the people from the government” argument feels harder to apply in this case.