Steve,
Exactly. "Jewish state" is the characterisation that Israel bestowed on itself.

Exactly not!
It was the UN that created israel as the "Jewish State."
A homeland for Jews.
Why do you deny the Jews alone the right to a state?

Yes there were some Arabs living there.
Should the Jews have expelled them all?
Instead they gave them citizenship and full citizenship rights.
Those Arabs who chose to leave in 1948 were denied citizenship by their Arab hosts, denied the right to settle, denied citizenship or employment rights, and forced into camps where their descendants live to this day.
The Arabs in the Jewish State are the lucky ones.