Politicians are terrified of the protests, but they are even more terrified by the prospect that the protests could continue past the end of the school year, spilling over the bounds of the campus and into a long, hot, summer. It is the responsibility of anyone trying to stop this genocide to ensure that their nightmare becomes a reality.
Israel is a stable revenue generator for the military industrial complex. The iron dome is basically a SaaS model for arms. "Support" for Israel that isn't money staying within US shores is basically debt. Now that they are world pariahs, they will make excellent serfs. Also the Jewish members of the blob will get to live like Saudi Princes there under this model.
I agree most of the tech is probably a grift, but so is everything else.