The only problem I see is your emotional attachment to Israel.
Israel does not exist today, as a nation, in God's eyes. They were set aside in Acts of the Apostles 28:25-28, about 64AD. In 25-27, the curse of Isa 6:9-10 was pronounced upon them for the 7th and last time in the Bible. The Salvation of God (Jesus Christ) was taken from them in vs 28 and given to the Gentiles. They have no temple and they can't sacrifice animals. Therefore, it's impossible for them to keep the law and therefore impossible to be God's people. Their present situation is prophesied in Hosea 1:9 and 3:4, and in 6:2 they will return after 2 days, 2000 years, about 2064. In Hosea 1:9, they are Loammi, "not My people." Before the present Loammi period, they have had several others, totaling 93 years, including the Babylonian captivity. In each case, they had no temple and couldn't keep the law.
In Acts 28:25, the Greek word translated "departed" is translated as "divorced", or phrases like "put her away", meaning divorce, quite a few times in the OT. I believe that this is where God divorced His Wife, Israel, on the basis of adultery. Also, this will allow Him to remarry the all-Israel Bride, which are the occupants of the all-Israel New Jerusalem, where each tribe has their own gate and there is no Gentile gate..
Jews are essentially Gentiles today as individuals and not as a nation. Salvation comes only by belief in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, just like Gentiles. As I understand it, the Messianic Jews are those that accept Christ as Messiah. That alone is not adequate as it was during Acts. The only saving grace for them today is for them to become full-fledged Christians and believe that Christ died for their sins, was buried, and raised 3 days later.
Starting at Gen 12, ALL OT prophecy involves Israel in some way. Can you think of any that doesn't? Therefore, since there is no Israel, it is impossible that any OT prophecy has been fulfilled in the last 1900+ years. 1948 was a sham. When the angels locate all the true Israelites around the globe and put them in the land, the world will know it. The map in the link below shows the difference between the land occupied by the fake nation today (red) and the true prophesied return in the future (blue). I know none of those maps are 100% accurate but this gives the general idea.
The Geographic Center of The Earth And The Bible
Here's a quote from an article, called "The Grand Hoax", that sums things up quite well
"The Israeli government, today, is made up of unbelieving Jews administering a socialistic government which depends mostly upon the U.S.A. for its sustenance. When the true descendants of the three Patriarchs occupy the Land, they will depend on the LORD their God, and in no-one else will they trust. They will be totally dependent upon the Lord Jesus Christ. And, He will meet every need of His re-gathered people."
Paul's 7 post-Acts books - Eph, Phil, Col, 1&2Tim, Titus, and Philemon, all are addressed to Gentiles and no Jews are even mentioned, as far as pertaining to the Gentile Church today, except that they and Gentiles are "equal." The word "Abraham" or the phrase "it is written" don't appear in them once Paul's 7 Acts books were all directed to Jews and Gentiles.
So, although there is no smoking gun verse that says, "Israel is not a nation today", there is plenty of evidence, as I related above, to prove that they don't. Also, there is ZERO scriptural evidence that indicates they are still God's people today.