I didn’t invent political science and make up the definition of democracy. America was still a democracy while it had chattel slavery. And look, we used it to get rid of chattel slavery just like Israel is going to use it to get rid of Netanyahu and his party.
You’re right, it is something psychological: I control my emotional reaction to the story and evaluate it based on rational interpretation and reasonable inferences drawn from credible evidence.
For example, it’s not rational to say the earth is flat, nor is it rational to say Israel isn’t a democracy. Those questions and most others do not concern your feelings as to what you want to be true.