I just re-read on of Zalman’s answers to a posting, concerning the so-called anti-Zionism of the yeshivos I mentioned in an earleir post.
dear zalman, again, you have missed the point. I have said a number of times that I consider the yeshivos In Eretz ysroel, the chassidische courts and others ,crypto-Zionists.
By that I mean that they have an absolute belief in the further prosperity and survival of Israel, ‘the evil medinah”. They will NEVER consider the present medinah “treif” and, on the contrary, they support it, pray for its survival and have a major input in its development. They would call it absurd to believe that Arab rule -G-d forbid- would be better. In my opinion, that is “zionism”. Living and working and learning there and developing Eretz ysroel.
They may be strongly anti- SECULAR ZIONISM, but they are pro-Eretz ysroel, pro-medinah, pro-alyah.
I suggest you speak to some of them before you call them anti-zionists.