Doulos:
I don't know who Rachel Cory is.
I think that believing that the state of Israel MUST be in existence is actually about as counter-gospel as you can get. If God did not actually complete the work of salvation via the cross and resurrection then sure, argue that there are other things like a state of Israel etc that are needed. But adding to salvation seems to be an extremely odd thing for anyone who claims to be a fundamentalist to be doing (even though I know that's the stand most fundamentalists take)
The problem is that God is the God of all things. He isn't JUST the God of Salvation. He's the God of the world, the God of everything, and he says that Israel is a part of his plan.
Yes, the plan of Salvation was completed, but guess what, Jesus is coming soon, and when he comes back, Israel/Jerusalem will be his capital.