hakatan > Had the Zionists never invaded, the land would have presumably been ruled by the Christians, with individual religious councils for Jews and, liHavdil, Muslims, living peacefully in their respective areas as they did prior to the Zionist invasion.
Great, thaanks for articulating your assumptions! This sounded reasonable in 1915. So, I would very much understand Rabbonim who said it then. But, again, look at the last 100 years – how many countries in the Middle East, or elsewhere, are still controlled by Christian colonizers? Statistically speaking, EY would eventually be like one of the neighbors – Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon. Most likely ruled for some times by militant anti-religious fanatics like Syria, having civil wars, having ISIS run it for 5 destructive years. As it was Syria and Egypt briefly united in an Arab Socialist Republic, this would probably be stronger if they had a direct link through Palestinian socialist republic. Probably, joining arab and USSR oil production into a stronger cartel; Sephardim and Soviet Jews staying under their power. All of that is the most likely outcome of that anti-Z vision. Again, I am not blaming rabbonim for not being naviim, same as those who told Yidden to stay in their European communities. But we have the benefit of knowing history, need to start paying attention.