“HaKatan, if not for the Zionists the Arabs would have slaughtered whatever few Tora learners there were in Eretz Yisrael (as they did in Tarpat). Rav Soloveichik said that if not for the State almost all the surviviors of the Holocaust would have assimilated out of fear and depression. “
Avi, this is clearly not true. Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld, not a Zionist, had a cordial relationship with, lihavdil, the Mufti YM”Sh.
According to Rabbi Kaplan who was there, the Chevron massacre was a result of “Shema Yisrael HaKosel shelanu HaKosel Echad” and other Zionist provocations. When you provoke animals, they get violent. These animals happen to be human (“Pereh Adam”, in that order), so there is no excuse for these savage murderers. But the Zionists knew better but didn’t care.
With all due respect to Rav Soloveichik, even if that is true, which I am not at all convinced it is, that doesn’t justify the numerous aveiros and evil deeds committed and allowed in order to make that egel haZahav rise in Eretz Yisrael.
Bottom line is that Zionism is assur (always was, as noted above, according to almost everyone) and in hindsight Zionism is a terrible disaster for our people, so it’s not only assur but also foolish in and of itself.