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PAA:
If one understands the position of the gedolim, including those who were there in E”Y at the time of the founding of the State of Israel, that Zionism is A”Z and kefirah, then one would likely not be flippant about what people believe when it comes to Zionism and people risking their lives, spiritually and physically, for Zionism.
Secondly, the practical solution at this point is for Hashem to perform a neis and redeem us all BB”A, which would end all this. But, instead, Zionists have fooled people into believing in the Zionist idol and to even pray specifically for it each week (as is, unfortunately, very common) in contradiction to this.
Finally:
The Brisker Rav, Rav Velvel, fell physically ill upon hearing of the State’s founding. His father, Rav Chaim, who died decades earlier, knew the State would be a disaster and made this known regarding “R”Z” even then.
The Chazon Ish sent a message to the Brisker Rav that the State was an example of “Gezeirah Raah Avida LiHiBatla”, a bad decree, which, like all bad decrees, would eventually come to an end.
The Brisker Rav responded that “Avida LiHibatla” applies only if people understand that it is a gezeirah raah. But if not, he said, I fear it will be with us until the coming of Mashiach.
If people would only daven for the true geulah, not Zionism, who knows…?