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adams, I think your points are actually all reason why people should NOT move to Eretz Yisrael.
The crime committed by the savages in Eretz Yisrael is far, far worse and devastating than whatever you read in the paper in chu”l.
Your second point has at least 2 problems, in my view. One is that when a Jew acts improperly, that “camaraderie” affects you much more in Eretz Yisrael than in Chutz LaAretz precisely because in Chutz LaAretz every child is ingrained with the understanding that we are an am muvdal viKadosh, which is much harder to pull off in Eretz Yisrael when the other guy is a Jew, too. The second problem is that this lessens one’s tzipuy liyishua. Considering that’s one of the three “welcome” questions after 120…other than that, it is nice to be in a much more Jewish area.
As a bonus concern, the country is Zionist, not Jewish. Since Zionists try to replace Judaism with their kefirah, there are elements of Judaism in Zionism, too. But, practically and emotionally speaking, it is a Zionist society, not Jewish. If you cannot or wish to not differentiate between the two, please see the previous paragraph’s point.
The chinuch and other issues have already been mentioned repeatedly by various gedolim and modern-day poskim.
I don’t mean to imply that it’s not for anyone, CH”V. But your reasons are not ones I would use at a Nefesh BiNefesh seminar.