Doubling down on a bad bet

The Gemara says not to go up like a wall and not to take the land by force. There's no debate in the Gemara about that. And we cherish every word, right?

The early settlers didn't go up like a wall. They came in small numbers and settled in open spaces. That's cool.

But the rabid Zionists came along in big numbers and then worst of all declared a state against the will of the people who live in EY and near it. That's a violation of the oaths. And all the trouble we have had since then is a result of this violation. How do I know that? The Rambam says so in his letter to Teman:

Solomon, of blessed memory, foresaw with Divine inspiration, that the prolonged duration of the exile would incite some of our people to seek to terminate it before the proper time, and as a consequence they would perish or meet with disaster. Therefore he warned them (to desist) from it and adjured them in metaphorical language, as we read, "I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the hinds of the field, that ye awaken not, nor stir up love, until it please."Now, brethren and friends, abide by the oath, and stir not up love until it please.

In my opinion, any move to Israel except to save one's life, say during and after the Holocaust as a refugee, is going up like a wall and rebelling against the nations. I have always wondered how yeshivish rabbis permit anybody to move to Israel. Even when in a crowd, you are being propelled by your own feet. People deboard a plane or ship 1 by 1. It's never 1,000 people at once. So if you come to Israel at a time when many others come then you are going up like a wall.

And all the trouble we have had because of it. War after war. The strife is unreal in EY. In my opinion the answer is to start keeping the mitzvos and for the aliyah movement to cease. As for people leaving or the state becoming a universal democratic thing, I don't know. It's hard to unwind what has been done safely. I won't touch that issue.

But what the Zionists do is double down on their bad bet. Even after Oct. 7, they say that everyone must move to Israel now. RHS tells us that he feels safer in Israel than in Washington Heights. Maybe that's because he comes here on vacation, gets the royal carpet treatment, and doesn't deal with Israelis or Arabs. Yitzchok Breitowitz claims Jews aren't safe anywhere. Oh yeah, are Jews in America getting killed every week? These people don't consider facts. They operate from mythology. And leaders must never do that. They act like children playing poker. 

When you were wrong admit it. Zionism was a stupid idea from the get go. Cut your losses. Don't double down on a bad bet.