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Avi K — I am not commenting on the main question of the pros and cons of Zionism. But your comment of “In nay case, the wondrous success of Zioinism shows that Hashem has released us from them and the time has come” is hard to understand. The fact that something is successful doesn’t mean it’s right. There were many reshoim throughout history who enjoyed tremendous success, and many very evil empires that lasted for hundreds of years. In our world of hester ponim, the fact that Hashem allows someone or some group to succeed does not mean it is right!
(In fact there were many events leading up to the rise of Hitler, yemach shmo, that could be called wondrous or miraculous. Obviously Hashem has his reasons for why things need to happen the way they do, but you cannot determine if something is good or bad based on how successful it is. Just to be clear, of course I am not comparing the Zionist movement to Nazis! I am just making a point that success, even “miraculous” success, is not an indication of anything.)