yankel > I cannot see the ‘heresy’ you per force read into Zionism You are right that the overwhelming majority of Zionists were heretics.
I agree with what you wrote about religious zionism and that is the main topic here.
but, as you mentioned, those non-religious Zs: they were not part of some shmad operation upon frum yidden in EY … they mostly came from Europe and Russia non-religious. Actually, those non-religious Jews who were not Zs became worse – bundists and communists – and also mostly ended up worse both being killed by commies and Nazis, assimilating, intermarrying, etc … So, you can even say that non-religious Z saved a lot of Jewish souls from the worse.