Just because they've elected a right-wing government over and over again for the past 40 years, and just because the last remotely left-leaning prime minister got assassinated, and just because the country is under a constant state of war, doesn't make it a dictatorship.
The US influence on Israel before 1960 is interesting, too. After the Soviet support for Israel the US tried hard to booster the less left wing elements and had quite some success with it. This doesn't mean that Israel was controlled by the US, but that the critically supported leftist projects got less power and influence over time.
Just because they've elected a right-wing government over and over again for the past 40 years, and just because the last remotely left-leaning prime minister got assassinated, and just because the country is under a constant state of war, doesn't make it a dictatorship.
The US influence on Israel before 1960 is interesting, too. After the Soviet support for Israel the US tried hard to booster the less left wing elements and had quite some success with it. This doesn't mean that Israel was controlled by the US, but that the critically supported leftist projects got less power and influence over time.