I've been to Israel a bunch of times. I've also been to Palestine and Lebanon. Israel isn't a "secular western state." For one, Israel does not have a written constitution, even though according to the Proclamation of Independence a constituent assembly should have prepared a constitution by October 1, 1948. That delay in the preparation of a constitution resulted primarily from problems that emerged against the background of the alleged clash between a secular constitution and the Halacha (the Jewish religious law).

So even from a legal perspective, Israel can't decide whether it's a secular or religious state.

This is not entirely true.

Over the last twenty years it was no more then couple of years when ultra-orthodox weren't the part of the ruling coalition.

And they were always very explicit about controlling citizenship, marriage, religion and finance.