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>Secular "Jews" are not Jews at all. Judaism is an ethnic religion
The secular Jews in Israel basically saw the Bible as their national story that -- while rendered in mythological terms -- explained where they came from, that the land of Israel was the only homeland they ever had, and while became fascinated by critical Biblical history where you look at archaeological sites and then compare it to the Bible and see if it matches up, the superstitious stuff was simply not relevant.

There were religious Zionists in those days but the core people and leaders back then saw that as more of a useful myth. We don't have to get into the whole history of nationalism but inventing myths or borrowing a used one of the shelf to ground your nation-building project wasn't invented by Jews. They were just late to the game.