Eretz Hakodesh of WZO Fails to Accomplish initial Mission

   It has been a little over two years since the formation of the Eretz Hakodesh slate joining the WZO world zioninst organization. At the time leading up to the elections they  were targeting frum jews in the diaspora to sign up and vote, much convincing was needed. Eretz Hakodesh was formed with much controversy bucking a status quo bv all previous gedolim who held that one is not allowed to go ahead and join or participate in the world jewish congress. 

The organizers said that it is a שעת השמד which calls for a time to break the long forbidden rule of התחברות לרשעים due to the threats coming from the reform movement on issues of yahadus such as giyur, kashrus and the kosel.

 They promised that getting funding alone did not justify joining the WZO, neither making daily announcements about covid laws  which had not even begone when it was formed

Fast forward 2 years and Eretz Hakodesh can not take credit for accomplishing the very reason that justified their founding. As a matter of fact the current Israeli govt in the knesset is closer than ever to pass reforms on Giyur the kosel and all issues pertaining to the status quo of halacha. More so, the premise that stopping the funding from the reform will make a difference has proven to be wrong. No money in the world could stop Meretz, or yair Lapid from enacting their changes to satisfy their political base of רדיפת הדת or Avigdor Lieberman who represents hundreds of thousands of Russians many who are not jewish seeking a quick geirus to be considered Jews.

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 Instead, Eretz Hakodesh has embarked on a PR campaign taking out full page ads touting their accomplishments, the biggest one  for facilitating the entry into Israel of 50,000 students to study at Israeli yeshivos and seminaries  when the COVID-19 pandemic was still strong and restrictions were formidable.

 Clearly that was not something that their platform was made for or their original mission. Secondly, other organizations could have done the same thing with some pull and protekzia of Knesset members. It did not justify their formation to break a status quo of all gedolei yisrael in the last millennia to make themselves the saviors of the yeshiva bochurim  or for seminary girls who there is definitely no obligation for them to go to Israel. The next big accomplishment they touted is the participation of 28,000 for chol hamoed concerts. Yes, that was the reason to go against the ruling of Rav Chaim brisker, the Chazon ish, rav Chaim Ozer, the chofetz Chaim the Brisker Rav, and Rav Elyashiv to sponsor a music event in yerushalayim on chol hamoed. The Rosh Yeshiva of Baltimore harav Aaron Feldman shlita said said bochurim should not attend the musical event sponsored by Eretz Hakodesh on Chol hamoed in order not to give eretz hakodesh the authority to represent yeshiva bochurim.

The next accomplishment they boast is "funding", something they said was not the reason that justifies their formation but who remembers that ,it was pre covid era. 

This week Eretz Hakodesh got egg on their face after publicly welcoming the new head of the Jewish agency in Israel Mr. Doron Almog what a great choice he is. The first thing he did was attend a Reform Judaisim event and proudly disclose that he is a member of the reform movement to the dismay of Eretz Hakodesh.

After the great fanfare and campaign that was waged targeting frum Jews in the diaspora they have failed to show a single accomplishment that justified their existence and having people sign up declaring the Jerusalem program that Zionism is “the national liberation movement of the Jewish people” and  “the centrality of the State of Israel in the life of the nation.” . The gedolim called it kefira in Toras Moshe as it Omitted the belief in One Hashem and the Torah He gave us, and nothing else. 

Instead of admitting a massive failure they just changed the mission.