Even the Satmar Rebbe didn’t believe it was real avoda zara. When push came to shove, he allowed his chassidim to collect money in a shul with an Israeli flag . If it was real avoda zara he would not have allowed his chassidim to even enter the shul. To say nothing of the Satmar Rebbe zt”l boarding the Zionist Kastner train. Kol bar bey rav dechad yoma knows that chazal abolished the taava for avoda zara so there isn’t any today except in rare circumstances. “Avoda Zara” is a melitza to frighten the amaratzim and to troll others in the Coffee Room.
