How does Deuteronomy 28 not completely refute all of Zionism?
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I have no idea why you think your train of thought here might be relevant. It's not.
The context of the arcane bit from the Talmud you're obsessing over cannot be understood until you know what the Talmud is, what it's written for, and how it's used.
You don't.
Neither am I saying it's important, and I certainly don't think it's worth the effort to study. First of all you should realize that well over 70% of all US Jews give no credence or consideration to the Talmud whatsoever. Smaller groups of them including Conservatives and Orthodox do, but very few of them spend any time reading it and almost none of them ever read the whole thing. And the few who do don't place any emphasis on bizarre bits like what you're focused on here.
Context.