It’s All About Power and Stuff

The aliyah salesman always starts by claiming that moving to Israel in our times is a mitzvah, even though it isn’t in the way he implies, because he is trying to strong-arm you. That’s how Zionists are. They are all about power and force. That’s what excites most of them about the state of Israel, that it has a Jewish army, even though it’s an army of non-practicing Jews (and Russian gentiles) who rely on American weaponry. He drools at its power (or the appearance of it). His desire that you move to Israel is not because he wants to see you fulfil a mitzvah. There are plenty of mitzvos that Jews are not doing that he’ll never mention or even notice that they are not doing. If you don’t know what I mean, step into a Zionist neighbourhood in Israel some time.

Rather, he wants you to move to Israel because he wants power and that requires followers. You can’t be powerful without followers. No, he won’t be the king, but he’ll be a deputy of the king. And like any goyish royalty, he’ll boast about his kingdom, its army, its buildings, its roads, its post office. I have had many encounters with Zionist people in Israel who while speaking of their thrill in living in Israel look around at the buildings and other goshmiyus. I have never heard one talk about kivrei tzadickim or even holiness. It’s all about power and stuff.  So why not just live in Canada? Because this is our power and stuff, Jewish power and stuff. 

But it isn’t Jewish if it doesn’t operate according to the Torah. It is Israeli. The Aliyah salesman isn’t concerned with your being Jewish. He is trying to make you into an Israeli because that makes him feel powerful. That’s why he gets so worked up about it. The Aliyah salesman is a rebel against G-d.

Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch points out in many places that first you have the Torah and then you get the land. Zionists are only interested in the latter. Well actually they aren’t even interested in land anymore, just man-made stuff. And even though G-d kicked us out for being lax in the former, the Zionists forced their way back in. The aliyah salesmen are assuming the role of God by forcing the end of exile all to set up a kingdom of goshmiyus.

We are talking here about arrogant and disturbed people. You shouldn’t listen to them any more than you’d listen to a drug pusher. Doesn't matter how learned they pretend to be. You can't be a gaon if you are not a tzadick, and no "Religious Zionist" is a tzadick. Not a single one.