interjection: Exactly right. Also, there is no comparing most Chilonim with what those in the States experience with secular Jews. Most Chilonim are far more connected and have lots of potential. They are in the category of a Tinok She’Nishba and many return all the time.
There are so many places in TANACH where Hashem promises us that we will return home, that he will bring us back to Israel. Never before in history has this occurred where people exiled returned to their native home, yet it is happening for us in fulfillment of those prophesies.
It’s shocking and a shame that people can’t, won’t or just don’t want to see it.
Every step of the way in the stages of the final Geulah, starting with Yehuda and Tamar, has come about from something with the appearance of being treif. We learn that this is so to fool the Sitra Achra. It’s not so far a stretch to believe that the secular Zionist is just another such manifestation.