Quotation for Ketubot 221:4
ההוא מיבעי ליה לכדרבי יוסי ברבי חנינא דאמר ג' שבועות הללו למה אחת שלא יעלו ישראל בחומה ואחת שהשביע הקדוש ברוך הוא את ישראל שלא ימרדו באומות העולם ואחת שהשביע הקדוש ברוך הוא את העובדי כוכבים שלא ישתעבדו בהן בישראל יותר מדאי
And R. Judah? Another “I adjure you” is written. And R. Zera? That text is required for R. Yose son of R. Hanina who said: These three adjurations, what are they? One, that Israel shall not go up like a wall; another, that the Holy Blessed One adjured Israel that they shall not rebel against the nations of the world; and the other that the Holy Blessed One, adjured the nations that they shall not oppress Israel too much.
Gray Matter IV
Needless to say, anti-Zionist Jews who argue that the Talmud’s call not to retake Eretz Yisrael by force (Ketubot 111a) applies in our times certainly would argue that Halachah does not obligate us to expel nochri residents of Eretz Yisrael. In fact, they would argue that it is forbidden to expel nochrim from Eretz Yisrael, as this would constitute taking the land by force. We shall show, however, that even poskim of the Religious Zionist community agree that under current circumstances, there is no such obligation and there may even be a prohibition to do so.
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