manitou, “Galus yavan was the period before, when the Greek ruled over us in Eretz Yisrael.”
That is not true. The vast majority of the time when the Greeks ruled over us in EY was not golus. Between the first churban and Chanukah there was never a time when we had sovereignty, and yet we were not in golus. Therefore sovereignty or the lack thereof <i>can’t</i> define golus.
AviK, in Bayit Sheni we received <i>none</i> of the Land, but nor did we agree to give any of it up. And yes, the KG said it was better to have nothing but keep our claim on everything, than to get something at the price of giving up the rest. Soon Moshiach will come and we’ll get the whole thing, but how can he do that if we’ve sold it?
The whole rationale of the zionists who accepted the partition plan was that Moshiach is never coming, so our claim on the whole Land is worthless and meaningless, and by giving it up in return for some of the Land we’d be exchanging nothing for something.