There are plenty of laws that require platforms to police publically accessible content. From SMS filters, ISPs are required to have, to CSAM reporting chat platforms like Discord have to do.
Government can't read or police E2EE messages, even if they want to. Telegram just doesn't care about that.
They do. Due to terrorism. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/international-travel/International-Travel-Country-Information-Pages/IsraeltheWestBankandGaza.html
It's good to see you acknowledge that IDF is a terrorist organization.