Feivel,
1. That Shir HaMaalot talks about our return to EY. Very Zionist.
2. That is, in fact, Rav Kook’s interpretation of Rambam.
Health,don’t let the facts confuse you. You remind me of the gabbai who could not believe that his father died. Every Shabbat he gave him an aliya and even said “Amen” before and after the reading. When they told the Gerrer rebbe about it he said “Tell him to give his father hagba’ah”.