When Israel gave up control of the Temple Mount just a few hours or days after seizing control of it in the war, it became obvious to me that the elites in Israel didn’t want it because that would mean pressure to build a new Temple and when the new Temple was completed, that would mean that Jewish life would change from expressing hope for a Temple someday and actually having to worship at the Temple.
Above all, secular Jews want to wish God away from their heritage and not anywhere near their lives.
The secular folk have to realize that a God they try to push out of their lives will stop protecting them.