OK so here is what I learned in Beis Ya’akov in Eretz Yisroel in our history lessons about the establishment of the state:
After the state was established the Brisker Rav said “The state of Israel is a smile from the Kadosh Baruch Hu. Just like we are happy when HKBH gives us a mentally handicapped child. True the state is mentally handicapped but is a child of Hashem”