It’s because people are told by the Israeli government and others with a stake in it that they’re the same and it’s done under threat, be it physical like jail, emotional abuse, or just the threat of cancelation. The last one is less of a thing lately but for a lot of years it was real. The non-political American maga dipshits doing it is because they’re dipshits though.

There are some pretty brave students in Israel speaking up loudly in spite of the threats, love them for that.