Avi K –
It’s funny how you keep evading my question!
“Health,
1. Who says without irrigation? Who do you think gave the knowledge?”
Common sense. Hashem gave the knowledge to irrigate to e/o – has nothing to do with the Geulah. Eretz Zehav Cholov Oodvash is Not with irrigation.
“2. I haven’t counted seforim but my impression is that most gedolim do agree with them.”
Well start counting. Almost all Gedolim were against the Medina.
They even once listed the names here in the CR. But keep pretending there are more for, than against!
“3. See Rambam Hilchot Melachim 12:1that national independence is the beginning of the Geula.”
Yep. Now the Rambam was for the Medina.