From an Orthodox Jewish journal, penned by a man who has both semicha and a doctorate:
Do the neviim not state again and again, that the existence of a Jewish State, religious or not, is the highest form of Kiddush Hashem?
Literally nowhere. But it DOES say very clearly in many places that not keeping "religion" [i.e. violating the Torah] will bring upon Klal Yisrael terrible punishments and galus.
