Rabbi kooks statements aren’t “poetic” – he says things that are forbidden to say. To think that something other than Torah makes you holy, when you don’t believe in kavayachol… it’s out and out kefirah. I honestly don’t know much about the keren yesod issue. But this is one thing that simplu can’t be ignored. The chofetz chaims talmidim reporting that their rebbe literally mocked rabbi kook’s name after seeing him praise chilul shabbos is also worth mentioning. Until what point can we say “he’s being poetic”? If we look at the long term results of rabbi kook…also, it was mentioned that he helped jews keep the mitzvos hateluyos baaretz – he allowed heter mechirah!!!! The one supposedly good thing about building a state was to allow jews to accomplish yishuv haaretz which rabbi kook himself says (quoted in that piece from rav waldenburg that you showed me) is entirely centered around keeping those mitzvos….and you go and sell it to goyim to pater yourself? The rivash holds that the main, integral part of yishuv haaretz is to be mafkiah from goyim; you can fulfill it while living in America, if you purchase land there, according to the rivash.
Of all the mitzvos to be maikil in…. it’s like if rav shach were to look for kulos for yeshiva bochurim in bittul Torah; it shows the hypocrisy of religious zionism in a deep way.