YYTZ: “A 2014-15 poll by Pew found that 98% of Charedim agreed that any Jew in the world should be able to make aliyah and become a citizen.”
That has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
“97% of Charedim said that Israel should give preferential treatment to Jews.”
Definitely has nothing to do with the issue at hand.
” 86% of Charedim believed halacha should be law in Israel”
That REALLY has nothing do do with the issue at hand. The reason we don’t recognize the state is precisely because halacha is not the law in Israel.
“59% believe all Arabs should be expelled.”
Definitely has nothing to do with anything.
“65% of Charedim said that the existence of Israel was necessary for the long-term survival of the Jewish people”
They may be referring to now, after the fact of the creation of the State of Israel. Now that there is a State of Israel, it would not be good for us if Hamas took over. That does not mean that things wouldn’t have been better if it hadn’t been created in the first place.
“All these suggest Charedim are happy Israel exists.”
You have to differentiate between the Land of Israel and the State of Israel. Two commpletely different things. When Chareidim refer to Israel, they are usually referring to the place, not to the government.
Also, as DY pointed out, we have to differentiate between our cheshbonos and Hashem’s cheshbonos. At the end of the day, everything that happens is from Hashem. Hashem is the one who enabled and allowed the creation of the State of Israel. We don’t know why. Everything is ultimately for our good (although we can say the same about the holocaust, etc. as well, yet it would be terrible for someone to say he is happy the holocaust happened).
Our cheshbonos are that it was assur for the State of Israel to be created the way it was (at least according to most Gedolim) and that the State of Israel caused many to stop keeping Torah and Mitzvos. We can’t be happy about that no matter how many postitive things seem to have come out of the State.
At the same time, now that the State exists, we can’t ignore it even if we don’t think it’s legitimate, although we can and must ignore those laws that go against the Torah. And we certainly don’t want it taken over by Hamas. And we certainly have to stand up for its right to exist when we are dealing with “umos haolam”. Their reasons for denying its right to exist are not the same as ours, and again, today, post-facto, we certainly do not want it to destroyed, since the alternative would be far worst.
One day soon, Im yirtzeh Hashem, we will understand the deeper meaning behind all of this as well as behind everything else that has happened. Meanwhile, we must remember that our Nationhood and identity is based on the Torah and nothing else, while at the same time, on a practical level, we have to deal with the reality of the State of Israel.