jfem:
Assuming that there is, in fact, a mitzva currently “in force” to live in E”Y if all the relevant parameters are met, why does it then follow that one should love the land?
Do we teach our sons to love their Tefillin, for example? Look at the incredible kedusha and connection to Hashem that Tefillin provides. Why no love for Tefillin, or countless other things?
(As to the immersion and “Lashon HaKodesh” and secular knowing Tanach and all that, I will not comment here on any of that.)