(Caption: Orthodox Jews in the Holy Land protest on a previous year's Zionist independence day. Sign reads: "We mourn 64 years of Zionist rebellion against G-d and His Torah.")
Is it intrinsically problematic to have a Jewish government that isn't a monarchy appointed by Hashem. If so, then how did the Vaad Arbah Aratzot (Council of the Four Lands) or Nasiim rule permissably?