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DaMoshe
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There were some major Rabbonim who held that the oaths are NOT in force anymore. Notably, R’ Chaim Vital, R’ Meir Simcha of Dvinsk and R’ Shlomo Kluger.
Additionally, even if they are in force, there were many Rabbonim who held that they weren’t violated – since the UN voted to establish the state, it wasn’t done via force. Also, the oath not to go up in large numbers requires more than half the Jews in the world – this is the opinion of the Shittah Mekubetzes, the Maharal, and R’ Yonasan Eybshitz. The Torah Temimah held that it only refers to when people are forced to move to Eretz Yisrael, not when they do so voluntarily.
So don’t claim that all Rabbonim hold that they’re in effect, and that Israel violates them.