I am not saying the leaders were right in taking away those first olim’s yiddishkeit (especially the children of the holocaust). I find it appalling that they could have done that. I am referring to the way that some yidden find it ok to bash zionists of today. many are shomer shabbos and are proud of it! they are not trying to steal yiddishkeit and are apologetic for what they did. They just see Israel as “the jewish state” and that it is a place for jewish refugees to escape to (law of return) in case of another holocaust. I know many of these “religious zionists” and while they are grateful to what the leaders provided them, they dont want to follow in the same path (ie taking yiddishkeit away).
It is one thing to bash the leaders, another to bash those who “love Israel”. deep down, dont we all ‘love E”Y’ even if we arent zionists?
Note: I am not a zionist but I hate this bashing of other sects of yiddishkeit! why can we live with the fact that we all are shomer torah umitzvos, even if in a different way?