Thursday, April 05, 2007
WE'RE THE 'TRUE JEWS,' SAY SECT MEMBERS
The anti-Zionist group whose Rockland County synagogue went up in flames is a tiny ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect whose activist members have embraced Israel's enemies.
The Neturei Karta, or "Guardians of the City," believe God ordered Jews banished from the Land of Israel and that it is heresy to end the exile and create the state of Israel until the Messiah arrives.
"The true Jews are against dispossessing the Arabs of their land and homes," the group's Web site says. "According to the Torah, the land should be returned to them."
David Pollock, associate executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, said Neturei Karta members "do what they can to support enemies of Israel, including the PLO and Iran . . . They would be very happy to live in Palestine under Arab rule."
Last December, Neturei Karta sparked fury in the Jewish community when several members attended a Holocaust-denial conference in Tehran sponsored by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map."
Neturei Karta has publicly denied it supports Holocaust-denial.
The Satmar Hasidim also are anti-Zionist. But the chief judge of the Satmar Rabbinical Court, Grand Rabbi Zalmen Leib Teitelbaum, denounced Neturei Karta for attending the conference, declaring it was "on a downward spiral with acts of lunacy."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04032007/news/regionalnews/were_the_true_jews__say_sect_members_regionalnews_rita_delfiner.htm
The anti-Zionist group whose Rockland County synagogue went up in flames is a tiny ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect whose activist members have embraced Israel's enemies.
The Neturei Karta, or "Guardians of the City," believe God ordered Jews banished from the Land of Israel and that it is heresy to end the exile and create the state of Israel until the Messiah arrives.
"The true Jews are against dispossessing the Arabs of their land and homes," the group's Web site says. "According to the Torah, the land should be returned to them."
David Pollock, associate executive director of the Jewish Community Relations Council, said Neturei Karta members "do what they can to support enemies of Israel, including the PLO and Iran . . . They would be very happy to live in Palestine under Arab rule."
Last December, Neturei Karta sparked fury in the Jewish community when several members attended a Holocaust-denial conference in Tehran sponsored by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map."
Neturei Karta has publicly denied it supports Holocaust-denial.
The Satmar Hasidim also are anti-Zionist. But the chief judge of the Satmar Rabbinical Court, Grand Rabbi Zalmen Leib Teitelbaum, denounced Neturei Karta for attending the conference, declaring it was "on a downward spiral with acts of lunacy."
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04032007/news/regionalnews/were_the_true_jews__say_sect_members_regionalnews_rita_delfiner.htm
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