There are historical structural similarities between the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and the state of Israel worth scholarly comparison.

Evidence

The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem and Israel: An Historical Comparison (Middle East Journal)

corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
XREF: connects to: Is Israel repeating the Crusaders’ fatal mistake?; Ambassador Chas Freeman draws a parallel between the demise of the Crusader kingdoms in Palestine and the current trajectory of Israel. — Chas Freeman: The Greater Israel Project Is Collapsing (Transcript); Israel is often compared to the Crusader kingdom as a settlement project of fanatical Europeans in the Muslim East. — Israel is often compared to the Crusader kingdom… (+5 more)

Israel is often compared to the Crusader kingdom as a settlement project of fanatical Europeans in the Muslim East. (similarity 0.91)
Ambassador Chas Freeman draws a parallel between the demise of the Crusader kingdoms in Palestine and the current trajectory of Israel. (similarity 0.85)
Israel increasingly resembles the Crusaders in both method — perpetual war — and aspirations. (similarity 0.85)
Discourse shaped by the contemporary Israel-Palestine conflict serves as a framework for modern historiography of the Crusades. (similarity 0.84)
Israel began to be seen by its Arab neighbours as a national mutation of modern crusaders coming from the West to create a ‘Europe overseas.’ (similarity 0.83)
The Zionist-crusader analogy made by Arab scholars and writers and internalized by Israeli politicians has given rise to an Arab and Israeli ‘Crusader anxiety’. (similarity 0.80)
The podcast explores historical parallels between modern Israel and the Crusader kingdoms, examining whether Israel is repeating the Crusaders’ fatal mistakes. (similarity 0.79)