Tzedakah and the presence of Judaism in Israeli politics

In relation to Mick Dumper's  (1993) article, I found myself thinking a lot about how Jerusalem is on one hand a place marked almost entirely only by its religious significance (not its natural resources, trade routes and so forth), yet I repeatedly found myself questioning where Judaism was in the reasoning or basis for the political actions taken against Palestinians in occupied West Jerusalem by Israel. What do I mean by this? Well, for me, a very significant practice and concept in Judaism is "tzedakah" meaning fairness and justice. In practice, Tzedakah often involves giving monetary donations to an organization and families and children have tzedakah coin banks in the home for this purpose even. However, for me, the idea of creating fairness in the world is an overarching concept within Judaism itself...a striving toward equity. So, when I read Dumper describe how the marginalization of Palestinian people includes "social and education services" [being] "provided at a  qualitatively and quantitatively lower level" I find myself estranged from the Israeli government as a Jewish American. If  Judaism has been lost from these actions of Israel, then what is Jerusalem now? If the ideas and concepts of the religions are not alive in the city and in the choices made at government levels, then what is Jerusalem now?