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Reuventree: In response to your question, read my above post. On a practical level, if a police pulls you over, you have to respond and it would be rude and a chilul Hashem not to do so.
On a hashkafic level you may feel that the State of Israel should not have been created and therefore it is not a legitimate entity, but for practical reasons, you have to acknowledge the fact that l’maaseh, they think they have a right to exist and they are controlling the country and making laws.
That is to say, as long as those laws do not come into conflict with the Torah. When they come into conflict with the Torah, the Torahdik Dati Leumi people would also say that those laws are not legitimate.
You should probably see DY’s link above as well since it may help to answer your question.