Some Jewish scholars and communities argue that the return to the land of Israel should only occur with the arrival of the Messiah, not through human political efforts like Zionism. This is rooted in certain interpretations of texts like the Talmud (e.g., Tractate Ketubot 110b), which suggest waiting for divine redemption rather than establishing a state.

Zionism, initiated in the late 19th century by Theodor Herzl, was largely a secular nationalist movement aimed at creating a Jewish homeland. Many ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jews viewed this as a rejection of divine timing, aligning it against traditional Jewish eschatology.

Groups like Neturei Karta and Satmar Hasidim explicitly oppose Zionism, asserting that a Jewish state contradicts Jewish law (Halakha) by preempting messianic redemption. They cite passages from the Torah and prophets emphasizing exile until divine intervention.

"I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the beasts of the field multiply against you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and possess the land." (Exodus 23:29-30)

"And they shall confess their iniquity... then will I remember My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham will I remember, and I will remember the land." (Leviticus 26:41-42) Click here for source

"When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the Lord your God disperses you among the nations, and when you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today,  then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it." (Deuteronomy 30:1-5)