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HaKatan,
1. The current state of affairs is the fault of the masses of frum Jews who did not heed Rav Kook’s call for religious aliya which would have made Israel a Tora state from the beginning. Apparently we will have to get there slowly in stages (Yerushalmi Berachot 1:1). In fact, things are constantly improving. There are two yeshivot in T.A. (one in the north and one in the south, which are two very different communities) which have both hesder and yeshiva gevoha programs as well as community programs (kindergartens, etc.). There is also a kiruv organization called Rosh Yehudi. Other cities, including mixed Jewish-Arab cities such as Lod have garinim Torani’im that have raised the elvel of the community tremendously. Someone told me that it is much easier to be religious in the IDF today than when he was in it over forty years ago (and, in fact, most of the junior officers are religious).
2. So WW2 was also the fault of the Zionists? I suppose it is also the cause of the Eurocrisis, global warming and the heartbreak of psoriasis. That just proves that it is connected to being Jewish (LOL). Rav Teichtal says the exact opposite in Em HaBanaim Semeicha. There is an obligation to establish a Jewish state as I have already posted several times.
3. I am not acquainted with the Satan. He does not consult me. However, it could actually be that the your state of denial comes from him. He has convinced you NOT to daven for the state. Perhaps you also do not daven for sick people. May Hashem remove the blinders of anti-Zionism.