My 2 cents: I can't believe you are arguing about Zionism/ israel here... A few gedolim say yes a few say absolutely not and a lot are somewhere in the middle... Now what are you guys trying to do? Prove on a forum like this which ones are right???
You can add yourself to the list of people that don't understand why people are upset at what the satmar rebbe said.
It's not the content perse, it's the timing.
Its very hard to understand how someone can speak that I'm middle of shivah.
Speaking out his shittah 3 months ago, or in 3 months from now - alot less people would be upset.