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Jewish Law and Displacement of Others

Jewish textual sources address the moral and legal status of seizing land and homes from others. The prophets and Talmudic sages establish principles against robbery, dispossession, and mistreatment of vulnerable populations; medieval and early modern halakhic authorities codify these prohibitions and examine the limits of state authority over property.

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Several nevi'im condemn the seizure of fields and houses from their owners in the starkest terms: Michah 2:1-2 denounces those who covet fields and seize them, defrauding men of their homes and their land, while Yeshayahu 5:8 condemns those who join house to house and field to field until they dwell alone in the land, and Yirmiyahu 22:3 demands that justice be done and that the robbed be rescued from the hand of the oppressor, including the ger.

Chazal and the codifiers treat robbery of property as a grave transgression regardless of the victim's identity: Bava Kamma 119a states that one who robs another of even a perutah's worth is considered as if he took his soul, and Mishneh Torah, Robbery and Lost Property 1:1-9 rules that it is forbidden to rob or oppress anyone — expressly including a non-Jew — and that the robber must return what he took. Shulchan Arukh, Choshen Mishpat 359:1-5 likewise rules that it is forbidden to steal or exploit any amount from a Jew or a non-Jew. Sotah 14a adds the broader value of walking in God's ways, who clothed the naked, as the model for one's own conduct toward others.

Shulchan Arukh, Choshen Mishpat 369:8-11 distinguishes a ruler's general decrees, which are not considered robbery when applied to all citizens equally under dina d'malchuta, from a ruler who seizes a particular individual's field or courtyard outside the law, which is deemed robbery and can be reclaimed by the original owner — a distinction about state authority over land that does not by itself resolve the status of civilian settlement or expulsion.

On the specific practical question of expelling Arab residents from the Land of Israel, the sources diverge. Gray Matter IV, Israel, Expelling Arabs from Israel argues that even poskim within the Religious Zionist community agree there is no halachic obligation to expel non-Jewish residents under current circumstances, and that there may even be a prohibition against doing so. By contrast, Rav Eliezer Melamed (Peninei Halakhah, The Nation and the Land, Supplement, Responsa of Rabbi Shlomo Goren 3) cites Rav Kook's established ruling that Yishmaelim have the status of ger toshav with rights of residence in the land, according to both the Raavad and the Rambam, addressing directly whether there is an obligation to expel today's Arab residents.

Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Vol II, Part II, Chapter IX Judea and Samaria, Settlement and Return addresses the separate halachic question of returning liberated territories, framing it as involving the scope and obligations of the mitzvah of settling the Land of Israel rather than directly resolving the question of expelling existing residents.

Source 1 · Tanach
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Micah 2:1-2

מיכה ב׳:א׳-ב׳

Micah 2:1-2

Micah denounces people who devise schemes to seize fields and houses and take them by force. The prophetic critique speaks directly to dispossession, forced transfer, and the abuse of power.

ה֧וֹי חֹֽשְׁבֵי־אָ֛וֶן וּפֹ֥עֲלֵי רָ֖ע עַל־מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑ם בְּא֤וֹר הַבֹּ֙קֶר֙ יַעֲשׂ֔וּהָ כִּ֥י יֶשׁ־לְאֵ֖ל יָדָֽם׃ וְחָמְד֤וּ שָׂדוֹת֙ וְגָזָ֔לוּ וּבָתִּ֖ים וְנָשָׂ֑אוּ וְעָֽשְׁקוּ֙ גֶּ֣בֶר וּבֵית֔וֹ וְאִ֖ישׁ וְנַחֲלָתֽוֹ׃ {ס}

Ah, those who plan iniquity And design evil on their beds; When morning dawns, they do it, For they have the power. They covet fields, and seize them; Houses, and take them away. They defraud men of their homes, And people of their land.

Source 2 · Tanach
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Isaiah 5:8

ישעיהו ה׳:ח׳

Isaiah 5:8

Isaiah condemns those who join house to house and field to field until others have no place to live. This is one of the Bible's clearest critiques of land concentration and displacement of vulnerable residents.

ה֗וֹי מַגִּיעֵ֥י בַ֙יִת֙ בְּבַ֔יִת שָׂדֶ֥ה בְשָׂדֶ֖ה יַקְרִ֑יבוּ עַ֚ד אֶ֣פֶס מָק֔וֹם וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם לְבַדְּכֶ֖ם בְּקֶ֥רֶב הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Ah, Those who add house to house And join field to field, Till there is room for none but you To dwell in the land!

Source 3 · Tanach
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Jeremiah 22:3

ירמיהו כ״ב:ג׳

Jeremiah 22:3

The prophet commands rulers to practice justice, rescue the robbed from the oppressor, and not mistreat the stranger, orphan, or widow. It makes protection of vulnerable civilians a central test of legitimate governance.

כֹּ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה עֲשׂ֤וּ מִשְׁפָּט֙ וּצְדָקָ֔ה וְהַצִּ֥ילוּ גָז֖וּל מִיַּ֣ד עָשׁ֑וֹק וְגֵר֩ יָת֨וֹם וְאַלְמָנָ֤ה אַל־תֹּנוּ֙ אַל־תַּחְמֹ֔סוּ וְדָ֣ם נָקִ֔י אַֽל־תִּשְׁפְּכ֖וּ בַּמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

Thus said GOD: Do what is just and right; rescue from the defrauder anyone who is robbed; do not wrong the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow; commit no lawless act, and do not shed the blood of the innocent in this place.

Source 4 · Chazal
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Bava Kamma 119a

בבא קמא קי״ט א — ד"ה מַאן דְּאָמַר נַפְשׁוֹ שֶׁל נִגְזָל –

Bava Kamma 119a:10

The sugya sharply condemns withholding or taking what belongs to another, especially where the victim depends on it. It is relevant to unjust seizure of property and the obligations of those exercising power.

מַאן דְּאָמַר נַפְשׁוֹ שֶׁל נִגְזָל – דִּכְתִיב: ״כֵּן אׇרְחוֹת כׇּל בֹּצֵעַ בָּצַע, אֶת נֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלָיו יִקָּח״. מַאן דְּאָמַר נַפְשׁוֹ שֶׁל גַּזְלָן – דִּכְתִיב: ״אַל תִּגְזׇל דַּל כִּי דַּל הוּא, וְאַל תְּדַכֵּא עָנִי בַשָּׁעַר. כִּי ה׳ יָרִיב רִיבָם, וְקָבַע אֶת קֹבְעֵיהֶם נָפֶשׁ״. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: כׇּל הַגּוֹזֵל אֶת חֲבֵירוֹ שָׁוֶה פְּרוּטָה – כְּאִילּוּ נוֹטֵל נִשְׁמָתוֹ מִמֶּנּוּ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: ״כֵּן אׇרְחוֹת כׇּל בּוֹצֵעַ בָּצַע, אֶת נֶפֶשׁ בְּעָלָיו יִקָּח״; וְאוֹמֵר: ״וְאָכַל קְצִירְךָ וְלַחְמֶךָ, בָּנֶיךָ וּבְנוֹתֶיךָ״. וְכִי תֵּימָא, הָנֵי מִילֵּי הֵיכָא דְּלָא יָהֵיב דְּמֵי, אֲבָל הֵיכָא דְּיָהֵיב דְּמֵי לָא – תָּא שְׁמַע: ״מֵחֲמַס בְּנֵי יְהוּדָה, אֲשֶׁר שָׁפְכוּ דָם נָקִי (בְּאַרְצְכֶם) [בְּאַרְצָם]״.

The Gemara elaborates: The rationale of the one who says that the verse is referring to the soul of the robbed is as it is written: “So are the ways of every one that is greedy for profit; it takes away the life of the owner thereof” (Proverbs 1:19), which teaches that one who robs another of his property is considered as one who robbed him of his soul. And the rationale of the one who says that it is referring to the soul of the robber is as it is written: “Rob not the weak, because he is weak, neither crush the poor in the gate; for the Lord will plead their cause, and despoil of life those that despoil them” (Proverbs 22:22–23). Rabbi Yoḥanan says: Anyone who robs another of an item worth one peruta is considered as though he takes his soul from him, as it is stated: “So are the ways of every one that is greedy for profit; it takes away the life of the owner thereof” (Proverbs 1:19). And it states: “And they shall consume your harvest, and your bread, they shall consume your sons and your daughters” (Jeremiah 5:17). Since they will consume the harvest and bread, it is as though they consume one’s children as well because there will be no food to feed them. And if you would say: This matter applies only where the robber does not give his victim compensation for the stolen item, but where he gave compensation for the stolen item, it is not comparable to murder, come and hear the verse: “For the extortion of the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land.” Extortion is referring to coercing someone to sell an item that he does not want to sell. It is a form of robbery, and the verse equates it with murder.

Source 5 · Chazal
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Sotah 14a

סוטה י״ד א

Sotah 14a:4

The Talmud reads the Torah's command to walk in God's ways as requiring imitation of divine acts of kindness and compassion. This provides a moral standard for political conduct beyond formal legal claims.

אֶלָּא, לְהַלֵּךְ אַחַר מִדּוֹתָיו שֶׁל הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא: מָה הוּא מַלְבִּישׁ עֲרוּמִּים, דִּכְתִיב: ״וַיַּעַשׂ ה׳ אֱלֹהִים לְאָדָם וּלְאִשְׁתּוֹ כׇּתְנוֹת עוֹר וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם״ — אַף אַתָּה הַלְבֵּשׁ עֲרוּמִּים.

Source 6 · Rishonim
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Mishneh Torah, Robbery and Lost Property 1:1-9

משנה תורה, הלכות גזילה ואבידה א׳:א׳-ט׳

Mishneh Torah, Robbery and Lost Property 1:1-9

Rambam states that taking or withholding even the smallest amount of another person’s property, including that of an idol-worshipping gentile, is forbidden and requires restitution; robbery includes forcibly taking, using, or consuming another’s possessions.

כָּל הַגּוֹזֵל אֶת חֲבֵרוֹ שְׁוֵה פְּרוּטָה עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַּעֲשֶׂה שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא יט יג) "לֹא תִגְזל". אֵין לוֹקִין עַל לָאו זֶה שֶׁהֲרֵי הַכָּתוּב נִתְּקוֹ לַעֲשֵׂה שֶׁאִם גָּזַל חַיָּב לְהַחְזִיר שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא ה כג) "וְהֵשִׁיב אֶת הַגְּזֵלָה אֲשֶׁר גָּזָל" זוֹ מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה. וַאֲפִלּוּ שָׂרַף הַגְּזֵלָה אֵינוֹ לוֹקֶה שֶׁהֲרֵי הוּא חַיָּב לְשַׁלֵּם דָּמֶיהָ וְכָל לָאו שֶׁנִּתָּן לְתַשְׁלוּמִין אֵין לוֹקִין עָלָיו: וְאָסוּר לִגְזל כָּל שֶׁהוּא דִּין תּוֹרָה אֲפִלּוּ עַכּוּ"ם אָסוּר לְגָזְלוֹ אוֹ לְעָשְׁקוֹ. וְאִם גְּזָלוֹ אוֹ עֲשָׁקוֹ יַחְזִיר: אֵי זֶהוּ גּוֹזֵל זֶה הַלּוֹקֵחַ מָמוֹן הָאָדָם בְּחָזְקָה כְּגוֹן שֶׁחָטַף מִיָּדוֹ מִטַּלְטְלִין אוֹ שֶׁנִּכְנַס לִרְשׁוּתוֹ שֶׁלֹּא בִּרְצוֹן הַבְּעָלִים וְנָטַל מִשָּׁם כֵּלִים. אוֹ שֶׁתָּקַף בְּעַבְדּוֹ וּבִבְהֶמְתּוֹ וְנִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בָּהֶן. אוֹ שֶׁיָּרַד לְתוֹךְ שָׂדֵהוּ וְאָכַל פֵּרוֹתֶיהָ וְכָל כַּיּוֹצֵא בָּזֶה הוּא גּוֹזֵל. כָּעִנְיָן שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמואל ב כג כא) "וַיִּגְזל אֶת הַחֲנִית מִיַּד הַמִּצְרִי":

Whoever robs an object worth a p'rutah from a colleague transgresses a negative commandment, as Leviticus 19:13 states: "Do not rob." Violation of this negative commandment is not punished by lashes, because it can be corrected by the fulfillment of a positive commandment. For if a person robs, he is obligated to return what he obtained by robbery, as ibid. 5:23 states: "And he shall return the article he obtained by robbery." This is a positive commandment. Even if the robber burned the object that he obtained by robbery, he is not punished by lashing, because he remains obligated to pay its value. And whenever the transgression of a negative commandment results in a financial penalty, it is not punished by lashing. It is forbidden to rob even the slightest amount. It is forbidden even to rob or to withhold money from a gentile who worships idols. If one robs or withholds money from such a person, one must return it. What is meant by a robber? A person who takes by force property belonging to a colleague. For example, a person who seizes movable property from a colleague's hand, who enters a colleague's domain and takes utensils against his colleague's will, who seizes a colleague's servants or livestock and makes use of them, or who enters a colleague's field and eats his produce. These and any similar acts are considered robbery, as reflected by II Samuel 23:21, which states: "And he robbed the spear from the Egyptian."

Source 7 · Acharonim
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Shulchan Arukh, Choshen Mishpat 359:1-5

שולחן ערוך, חושן משפט שנ״ט:א׳-ה׳

Shulchan Arukh, Choshen Mishpat 359:1-5

The ruling prohibits robbery and coercive taking, including taking property against its owner's will. It is a core halakhic source for assessing forced removal and seizure of homes.

איסור גזילה אפילו ע"מ להחזיר ומה נקרא גזילה ואיסור לא תחמוד ולא תתאוה. ובו יב סעיפים: אסור לגזול או לעשוק אפי' כל שהוא בין מישראל בין מעכו"ם ואם הוא דבר דליכא מאן דקפיד ביה שרי כגון ליטול מהחבילה או מהגדר לחצוץ בו שיניו ואף זה אוסר בירושלמי ממדת חסידות: אסור לגזול אפי' ע"מ לשלם דבר יפה ממנו ויש מי שאומר דהיינו אם (אין) התשלומין בעין שאם הם בעין כיון שהם יפים מהדבר שלוקח זכות הוא להם ויזכה אותם לבעלים ע"י אחר: אפי' הלוקח בשאלה שלא מדעת הבעלים נקרא גזלן:

It’s forbidden to steal or exploit (even) any amount, whether from a Jew or a non-Jew; And if it is an object that is not concerning, it is permitted; such as to take from the package or [taking a splinter] from the fence to brush his teeth with; and even this is prohibited by the Jeruselamite (Talmud), as a quality of fervency. It is prohibited to steal, even on condition of fair payment from (for) it. And there is one who says, (that) this is if the payments are not evident; because if they are evident, since they (the payments) are preferred over the object since they attain a right for him and he would confer them onto the owners by way of another. Even the one who takes via borrowing, without the knowledge of the owners, is called a thief.

Source 8 · Acharonim
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Shulchan Arukh, Choshen Mishpat 369:8-11

שולחן ערוך, חושן משפט שס״ט:ח׳-י״א

Shulchan Arukh, Choshen Mishpat 369:8-11

These laws address property taken by governmental authorities and the conditions under which taxation or state expropriation may be recognized. They are relevant to, but do not by themselves resolve, the legitimacy of a modern military occupation or settlement policy.

וכן מלך שכעס על אחד מעבדיו ושמשיו מבני המדינה ולקח שדהו או חצירו אינו גזל ומותר ליהנות בה והלוקחה מהמלך הרי הוא שלו ואין הבעלים מוציאין אותה מידו (וכ"כ לעיל ס"ס רל"ז) אבל מלך שלקח שדה או חצר של אחד מבני המדינה שלא בדינים שחקק הרי זה גזלן והלוקח ממנו מוציאין הבעלים מידו כללו של דבר כל דין שיחקוק אותו המלך לכל ולא יהיה לאדם אחד בפני עצמו אינו גזל וכל שיקח מאיש זה בלבד שלא כדת הידוע לכל אלא חמס את זה הרי זה גזל: הגה ואם חקק לבעל אומנות אחד כגון שחקק למלוה בריבית איזה דבר י"א דלא אמרי' ביה דינא דמלכותא דינא הואיל ואינו חקוק לכל (מהרי"ק שורש ס"ו) י"א דלא אמרינן דינא דמלכותא דינא אלא במסים ומכסים התלוים בקרקע כי המלך גוזר שלא ידורו בארצו כי אם בדרך זה אבל בשאר דברים לא (הרא"ש פ"ד דנדרים בשם הר"מ ומרדכי פ' הגוזל בתרא) וי"ח וסבירא להו דאמרי' בכל דבר דינא דמלכותא דינא (מרדכי שם בשם התוס' ות"ה סי' ש"ט) ולכן המלוה על המשכון יכול למכרו אחר שנה הואיל וכן דינא דמלכותא (שם בשם ר"י בר פרץ) וכן הוא עיקר וכמו שנתבאר לעיל סי' שנ"ו סעיף ז': לפיכך גבאי המלך ושוטריו שמוכרים השדות במס הקצובה על השדות ממכרן ממכר אבל מס שעל כל איש ואיש אינו גובה אלא מן האדם עצמו ואם מכרו השדה במס שעל הראש ה"ז אינו ממכר אא"כ היה דין המלך כך (וע"ל סי' ס"ח מדינא דמלכותא גם בסי' ק"ד סעיף ב' מדין זה): מלך שהיו דיניו שכל שלא יתן המס שעל השד' תהיה השד' לנותן המס וברח בעל השדה מפני המס ובא זה ונתן מס שעלי' למלך ואכל פירותיה אין זה גזל אלא אוכל פירות ונותן המס עד שיחזרו הבעלים שדין המלך דין הוא כמו שאמרנו: הגה וכן הוא חוק המלך שכל מי שימצא בשדה יתן בעד כל בני הבקעה והוא יחזור ויגבה מהם או שיכול לגבות מס השנה מא' (טור ס"ט):

Paragraph 8- Similarly, if a king becomes angry with one of his servants or assistants from his jurisdiction and he took his field or courtyard, it is not robbery and one is permitted to derive benefit from him. If one purchases it from the king, it belongs to him and the owner cannot remove it from him. If the king took a field or courtyard from one of his citizens not in compliance with the laws he set up, he is a robber and if one purchases it from him, the owner may remove him from the property. The general rule is that any general law that the king sets up for everyone, and not just for one person, is not robbery, and if anyone takes property from one person not known to comply with the laws that are not know to all, then it is robbery. If the law was set for just one industry, such as were he made a law that a certain item can be loaned with interest, there are those who say we do not apply the principle of the law of the land is the law because it was not set for everyone. There are those who say we do not apply the principle of the law of the land is the law except with regards to taxes and property-taxes because the king decrees that people can only live on his lands in this fashion. With respect to other matters, however, we would not apply such a principle. There are those who disagree and hold we apply the principle that the law of the land is the law on all matters. Thus, if one lends on collateral, he may sell the collateral after a year because that is the law of the land. This is the primary view, as was discussed above in 356:7. Paragraph 9- Thus, if the king’s collectors or officers sold fields because of the set tax on fields, the sale is valid. With respect to tax on the actual person, however, they may only collect from the person himself. If they sold a field for the individual tax, the sale is not valid unless that was the king’s law. See above Siman 68 regarding the law of the land, as well as more on this law in 104:2. Paragraph 10- If a king had a law that anyone who does not pay the tax assessed to their field, then the field will go to whomever pays the tax, and the field-owner fled because of the tax, and another came and gave the required tax to the king and consumed its fruits, it would not be robbery. Rather, he may consume the fruits and pay the tax until the owner returns because the law of the king is the law, as we have said. Similarly, it is the king’s rule that whomever is discovered in the field must pay the tax for the entire valley and he will collect from the others or that he collect the annual tax from one person.

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Gray Matter IV, Israel, Expelling Arabs from Israel

גריי מאטר ד, ישראל, גירוש ערבים מישראל

Gray Matter IV, Israel, Expelling Arabs from Israel

The passage states that anti-Zionist Jews view expelling non-Jewish residents from Eretz Yisrael as forbidden, and that even Religious Zionist poskim hold that under current circumstances there is no obligation—and possibly a prohibition—to do so.

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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Rav Eliezer Melamed (Peninei Halakhah, The Nation and the Land, Supplement, Responsa of Rabbi Shlomo Goren 3)

פניני הלכה, העם והארץ, נספח, תשובות הרב שלמה גורן ג׳:ד׳-ו׳ — ד"ה שאלה

Peninei Halakhah, The Nation and the Land, Supplement, Responsa of Rabbi Shlomo Goren 3:4-6

The passage states that, according to a ruling attributed to Rav Kook, Arabs living in Eretz Yisrael have the status of ger toshav and rights of residence, but those who actively or passively support terrorism or resistance movements forfeit that right and are treated as violators of the Noahide laws.

שאלה: מהו מעמדם של הערבים הגרים כיום בארץ ישראל, האם מצד ההלכה אנו צריכים לגרשם מהארץ כדין מי שאינו גר תושב, או שמא מאחר והם כבר גרים בארץ ישראל, וגם נולדו בה, אין עלינו חיוב לגרשם. או אולי מצד הדין היה צריך לגרשם רק שמחמת האונס (מצב האומה ולחצים בין לאומיים) איננו יכולים כיום לגרשם? (תשובת הרב גורן נכתבה בכ"ב בכסלו תשנ"ג, ועיקר דבריו בדילוגים מסוימים פורסמה בגיליון רבני יש"ע מס' 6 מי"ד בטבת תשנ"ג). תשובה: א) הרי לפניכם פסק הלכה ברור של מרן הגאון ראי"ה קוק זצ"ל, הקובע להלכה ולמעשה שהישמעאלים דינם כגרי תושב ויש להם זכויות ישיבה בארץ, לדעת הראב"ד ואף לדעת הרמב"ם, כמו שכתב בספרו 'משפט כהן' סימן ס"ג. אם כן מה לכם כי תשאלו את דעתנו, כאשר מתייצב לפניכם ענק הפסיקה והרוח, בדמותו של מרן הרב קוק זצ"ל, שמפיו אנו חיים ומימיו אנו שותים. ב) אלא שכל זה בתנאי מפורש, שכל ערבי המשתף פעולה עם הטרוריסטים, גם אם זה בצורה פסיבית, או שמראה אהדה לתנועות ההתנגדות למדינת ישראל, דינו על פי ההלכה כנכרי העובר יום יום על שבע מצוות בני נח, ודינו כדין עובד עבודה זרה, שמאבד את זכות הישיבה בארץ ישראל, כמו שפוסק הרמב"ם בפרק י' מהלכות עבודה זרה הלכה ו'. כמו שהסברנו באר היטב בתשובתנו הראשונה, שכל אלה מביניהם הנותנים יד לאינתיפאדה, הם חשודים על רצח יהודים, בין אם הם עושים זאת בפועל, בין אם יודעים על כך ושותקים, ואינם נלחמים כנגד הטרוריסטים והמרצחים. כל אלו דינם כדין מפירים את מצוות "לא תרצח" או לפחות את מצוות "דינים", שהם משבע מצוות בני נח (עיין רמב"ם הל' מלכים ט, יד). וכן הדין לגבי ערביי יש"ע, החברים באש"ף או בארגון טרוריסטי אחר. או אפילו אלו מביניהם שהם פסיביים ואינם משתפים פעולה עם הטרוריסטים, ואין משנה אם הם רוב או מיעוט, אם ליבם עם אלה הסוברים שארץ ישראל אינה שייכת ליהודים, כפי שמחייבת תורת ישראל, אין להעניק להם מעמד של גר תושב, ואין להם זכות ישיבה בארץ ישראל לפי הרמב"ם והראב"ד כאחד.

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Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Vol II, Part II, Chapter IX Judea and Samaria, Settlement and Return

בעיות הלכתיות עכשוויות, כרך ב, חלק שני, פרק ט: יהודה ושומרון: התנחלות או החזרה

Contemporary Halakhic Problems, Vol II, Part II, Chapter IX Judea and Samaria, Settlement and Return

The passage presents the return of the liberated territories as a heated political, historical, and emotional issue that also raises a fundamental question of Jewish law concerning settlement in the Land of Israel and the permissibility of returning portions of sanctified territory.

Over the past number of years one of the most heatedly debated issues in Israel and in centers of Jewish population throughout the world has been the question of return of the liberated territories. Quite apart from strategic and political considerations as well as historical and emotional attachments, this issue involves a fundamental question of Jewish law. Analysis of the halakhic permissibility of return of portions of sanctified territory involves an examination of the ramifications of the mizvah concerning settlement in the Land of Israel and of the obligations which flow therefrom.

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