Avi: He said so himself. The Rasha Mufti told Rav Yosef Chaim that if the Jews simply continue to live here then there will be no problems. But if they try to rule over the Arabs then there will be war.
The Zionists had no problem with that, and in addition, again contrary to the gedolim’s correct advice, foolishly “declared war” on Hitler YM”Sh, too, which only enraged that rasha more and he at some point changed his plan from expulsion to lihashmid (vi)laHarog uLiAbeid, ch”V.
The Zionists do not care to admit they are responsible for all the bloodshed since 1948 and that they *intentionally* perpetrated massive spiritual destruction, and those who do admit these travesties are proud of both of those facts. Nor do Zionists manage to recall that almost every gadol said, very correctly, that the State will be a disaster (“they will create more problems than they think they are solving”, were the Chofetz Chaim’s words).
Rav Kook can’t blame the frum Jews of Europe for following halacha and ignoring Rav Kook’s daas yechidi and refusing to be “oleh bichoma” (regarding which Shlomo HaMelech wrote such dire consequences), especially when they were busy learning Torah instead, thus keeping the world going.
Regarding the reality as it is, this is an entirely different matter. As BTGuy wrote, no, the NK are obviously not correct in being mischaber laRasha and in endangering any Jews. But whatever may need to be done today, bishas haDchak, as a matter of practical need, has ZERO bearing on whether or not the Zionists were correct in creating a State (they were clearly, in every way, NOT correct).
Essentially, the Zionists started a world-wide “forest-fire”, and now, other than the Zionists, everyone (including NK, misguided as they may be) wants to put out that fire. So just because we don’t want their fire to burn any more, does not mean we agree with them for foolishly and brazenly starting this conflagration when everyone else knew all along what an out of control disaster Zionism was and is.