Here is my question: Reb Moshe and Reb Elyashiv both called the USA a medinah shel chessed. Is there any way in which the Medinah is worse to the Jews (and to religious Jews) than the USA? Doubtful, and probably does much more. So kal vachomer the Medina is a medinah shel chessed.
To walk out on Rabbi Lau because of some shita about Zionism certainly does count as sinas chinam. Did R. Lau personally do anything bad making him unqualified to speak in honor of Torah? So you re bringing up some side issue and punishing Rabbi Lau, a first rate talmid chacham and a big mensch. If that is not sinas chinam (for no reason) than I don’t know what is.
Lmayseh, those who still oppose Zionism 60 years after the fact are unable to come to grips with the fact that the klal has accepted and embraced it. The Rbsh has showered his brachos on the State, and it supports more Torah and shuls than any govt in bistory since the churban. And what is the alternative, CV? Give EY to the Arabs? Move back to Poland and Germany where life was so wonderful with poverty, pogroms and discrimination?. I mean what are they thinking? This is the biggest bracha since the Churban that our brethren have returned and will defend any Jew anywhere in the world. Yes, the mednah needs to be more frum, so be mekarev your fellow Jews with ahava and hakaras hatov and true yiddishe warmth. But this immature behavior will only push them away.
Antizionism is just an inability to be modeh al haemes. Keep dredging up old fights. You know, during the baseball season one can argue with his friends about which team is better, and which will win the world series. But after the series is over, it is nonsense to keep arguing about it. It was already decided.