Health, what does “Zionists” even mean now? You may have to clarify the term. We have here hilonim, traditional, dati leumi, hareidi (litai, chassidi) and anything in between. Any one them can be proud and patriotic of their country or ashamed and hateful. Most hilonim are “post-Zionists” now, not “Zionists”. The set the process in motion, but their role is decreasing, as their percentage in the general population decreases. It is likely in 50 years there will be a religious majority just through natural growth. Torah and the yeshot are thriving. Yes, they have financial problems, but the level of Jewish literacy and learning is higher than ever. In my shul, I can count a few people who DON’T learn the daf yomi on one hand, everyone else does. If 100 years ago one could claim that the new yishuv was against yiddishkeit, this is no longer the case – there is no better and easier place to be a frum Jew.
Read the end of the Kuzari, and it will clarify your vision. What is the excuse for staying in the tumah of Eretz haamim once one can make a safe journey to Eretz Israel, the land under direct hashgacha from Hashem, which he watches from the beginning of the year until its end? Worst of all, you are falling in the trap of the meraglim and issuing a dibah over the land, has veshalom. Aloh naaleh!
Finally, the majority of the Jewish people will be in the land of Israel within a decade, for the first time since the expulsion of the 10 tribes over 2500 years ago. This will be a halachic game-changer. Yes, we are waiting for Mashiach, but perhaps the Mashiach is also waiting for us.
This message is written in Motza”sh in Eretz Israel).