Jewish Anti – Zionism As Political Theology – Shaul Magid

And even those heretics and antireligious [Jews] still say that all sins are covered by the love of the land of Israel, as is written in Noam Megadim on parshat “Mattot”:200 “All evil is the enemy of the holy. And when evil presents itself as holy, this is much more serious than sin.” This is true in this case, where all the horrible evil acts being done to Israel are dressed in the holiness of the sanctity of the land.

In countries such as Yemen, Morocco, Iraq (Bavel), and many other Sephardic lands, and even among many Ashkenazim, there are many who fear the word of God. Yet Zionists compel those to immigrate to the land of Israel by blinding them [with the idea] that they are fulfilling the great mitzvah of dwelling in the land and that this is equal to the entire Torah. It is understood that most of them could not immigrate without the Zionists, who alone had the money, the state apparatus (memshalah), the assurance of livelihood, and places to reside there.

And as we read in Midrash Raba to “Mishpatim” (31:5): “In this world, evil ones are wealthy and live peaceful, prosperous lives and the righteous are poor. But in the future . . . the storehouses of the Garden of Eden [will be] open to the righteous. . . .”201 Therefore, in our time, when the Edenic storehouses are not yet open to the righteous, because of our sins, the power of the political apparatus (memshalah) is in the hands of the evil ones. This is even more true today, when most of the world cedes to its leaders and helps the Zionists in various ways and their success continues even after they begin to see the evil fate that falls into the net of Zionism, which will not save them.202 Nevertheless, they [the Zionists] refused to believe that an enemy was at the gates of Jerusalem,203 since they have become so blinded by the mitzvah of dwelling in the land that they have come to disbelieve everything, heaven forbid.

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