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I promised myself long time ago not to comment upon this subject, as the opinions are so entrenched. However, AviK and (of course!) Healh are taking this do a different dimension-namely – what does the will of HKBH want? The fact is (see gemoro berochos) that EVERYTHING (good and bad) comes from HKBH. Anything else is truly “kefirah” (in contrast to to all the made-up kefiras mentioned in these columns) . Hence, both the Holocaust (very tragically) AND medinas Yisroel came into being by the will of HKBH. That is the only jewish aspect-anything else brings into question fundamental facts of emunah.
That said, the question should be : WHY ? Rabbonim and many others have given their opinion (from the Satmarer rebbe to Rav teichtel, to Ben hecht and many others). BTW- this does not absolve the Nazis ,jemach shemom, from any responsibility (see Pharaph and Mitzrayim). But- confounding the anti-zionists- it also does not make the Zionist leadership of any color “kofrim’. Quite the contrary. Whether you agree or not- it is incontestable that the founding of the medinah has brought great blessings and hatzlocho to the jewish people. For that reason alone, we should praise the establishment of the medinah. Anything else is sophistry.