in which he teaches that, as locals, we consider Judaism to also be a nationality
The needs of the Yishuv dictate that there not only be enthusiastic Zionists making speeches and traveling to endless conferences, but also people who are good Jews, in addition to begin Zionistic and nationalistic. This is the reason it is dear to us sevenfold, because of our being Jews, although as such we do not believe in nationalism per se. Time has proved to me that all the Zionists who were attached to their Judaism remained attached to their nationalism.
Parshat Hayay, Epilogue, pp. 366 – 367, Babel Press, Tel Aviv, 2005