Syag, that wouldn’t be devil’s advocate, that’s just the rational next argument to your point. I’m sorry to say it, but you aren’t arguing rationally. If a Jew lived in Gaza (within the halachic boundries of Eretz Yisroel), he/she is not safer than living in Lakewood. The point that Hashem makes you safer in Eretz Yisroel just defies simple logic since we observe that it’s not true. It would be nice if it were true; it would be nice if it we could learn Torah all day and live nicely without working. I don’t agree with being so dependent on miracles that you lose all sense of reason. Now, if you’re going to talk about “WHY wouldn’t Hashem make us safer for living in Eretz Yisroel,” I don’t want to go there. It doesn’t make sense to me either, but it’s the reality. Stop pretending it’s not. It’s like pretending a deceased Rabbi who you really respected is still alive because you just can’t accept the reality that he’s not…
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