Truth (sagi naor),
1. TY for calling my targets easy.
2. Obviously none of the RZ gedolim (Rav Tzvi Yehuda, Rav Soloveichik, Rav Herzog, Rav Avrahma Shapira, Rav Mordechai Eliahu, etc.) agreed with the SR. In fact, he himself admitted that he wasa daat yachid.
Joseph,
1. Reish Lakish says that Hashem hates those who did not go to EY en masse (Yuma 9b).
2. The Pnei Yehoshua on Ketubot says that if the gentiles persecute us too much they will cause Hashem to bring aboutthe Geula early.
3. R. Avraham Galante lived in Tzefat so apparently he was not opposed to aliya. I do not know what the comment about asking the “shem hameforash” means. Did they have nevua in Shmutz laAretz? Perhaps they should have used it to transport themselves to EY. The Gra wanted to use it to free Avraham ben Avraham so apparently he did not consider it rebellion. Besides, if it is rebellion to cancel gezerot shmad then it is rebellion to defy them in any way.