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'''Neturei Karta''' ([[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]: '''נטורי קרתא''', "Guardians of the City") is a tiny<ref>[http://www.nysun.com/article/46739 New York Sun]</ref> group of [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] [[Jews]] who oppose [[Zionism]] and call for a peaceful dismantling of the [[State of Israel]], in the belief that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the [[Messiah]].<ref>[http://www.nkusa.org/AboutUs/Zionism/judaism_isnot_zionism.cfm]</ref>. They are mostly concentrated in [[Jerusalem]], with devotees in and around [[New York City]], [[Ramat Bet Shemesh]] (near Jerusalem), and [[Bnei Brak]]. Other groups associated with Neturei Karta, can be found in [[London]], [[Antwerp]], New York City, and other parts of [[New York state]]. The name ''Neturei Karta'' literally means "Guardians of the City" and comes from the [[gemara]] of the [[Jerusalem Talmud]], ''[[Hagigah]]'', 76c. There it is related that Rabbi [[Judah haNasi]] sent two rabbis on a tour of inspection:
'''Neturei Karta''' ([[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]: '''נטורי קרתא''', "Guardians of the City") is a tiny<ref>[http://www.nysun.com/article/46739 New York Sun]</ref> group of [[Haredi Judaism|Haredi]] [[Jewish]] [[|Kanahi|zealots]] (''kanahim'') who oppose [[Zionism]] and call for a peaceful dismantling of the [[State of Israel]], in the belief that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the [[Messiah]].<ref>[http://www.nkusa.org/AboutUs/Zionism/judaism_isnot_zionism.cfm]</ref>. They are mostly concentrated in [[Jerusalem]], with devotees in and around [[New York City]], [[Ramat Bet Shemesh]] (near Jerusalem), and [[Bnei Brak]]. Other groups associated with Neturei Karta, can be found in [[London]], [[Antwerp]], New York City, and other parts of [[New York state]]. The name ''Neturei Karta'' literally means "Guardians of the City" and comes from the [[gemara]] of the [[Jerusalem Talmud]], ''[[Hagigah]]'', 76c. There it is related that Rabbi [[Judah haNasi]] sent two rabbis on a tour of inspection:


{{cquote|In one town they asked to see the "guardians of the city" and the city guard was paraded before them. They said that these were not the guardians of the city but its destroyers, which prompted the citizens to ask who, then, could be considered the guardians. The rabbis answered, "The scribes and the scholars," referring them to ''Tehillim'' (Psalms) Chapter 127.<ref name="whatnk">[http://www.nkusa.org/aboutus/index.cfm What is the Neturei Karta?] (NKUSA) Accessed: December 24, 2006</ref>}}
{{cquote|In one town they asked to see the "guardians of the city" and the city guard was paraded before them. They said that these were not the guardians of the city but its destroyers, which prompted the citizens to ask who, then, could be considered the guardians. The rabbis answered, "The scribes and the scholars," referring them to ''Tehillim'' (Psalms) Chapter 127.<ref name="whatnk">[http://www.nkusa.org/aboutus/index.cfm What is the Neturei Karta?] (NKUSA) Accessed: December 24, 2006</ref>}}


It is this role that Neturei Karta see themselves as fulfilling in the current era by defending "the position of the Torah and authentic unadulterated Judaism". Neturei Karta is sometimes confused with [[Satmar]] [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidism]], due to similarities in their [[anti-Zionism|anti-Zionist]] beliefs, although the two groups have had disagreements.
It is this role that Neturei Karta see themselves as fulfilling in the current era by defending what they believe is "the position of the Torah and authentic unadulterated Judaism". Neturei Karta is sometimes confused with [[Satmar]], due to both being [[anti-Zionism|anti-Zionist]]; but the [[Satmar]] Rebbe Rabbi [[Joel Teitelbaum]] abhorred the Neturei Karta in public as being too extreme and didn't sanction their actions.


According to Neturei Karta:"The name Neturei Karta is a name usually given to those people who regularly pray in the Neturei Karta synagogues (Torah Ve'Yirah Jerusalem, Torah U'Tefillah London, Torah U'Tefillah NY, Beis Yehudi Upstate NY, etc.), study in or send their children to educational institutions run by Neturei Karta, or actively participate in activities, assemblies or demonstrations called by the Neturei Karta."<ref name="whatnk"/> These synagogues follow the customs of the [[Gaon of Vilna]], due to Neturei Karta's origin within the [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian]] rather than [[Chasidic]] branch of [[Orthodox Judaism]].
According to the Neturei Karta: "The name Neturei Karta is a name usually given to those people who regularly pray in the Neturei Karta synagogues (Torah Ve'Yirah Jerusalem, Torah U'Tefillah London, Torah U'Tefillah NY, Beis Yehudi Upstate NY, etc.), study in or send their children to educational institutions run by Neturei Karta, or actively participate in activities, assemblies or demonstrations called by the Neturei Karta."<ref name="whatnk"/> These synagogues follow the customs of the [[Gaon of Vilna]], due to Neturei Karta's origin within the [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian]] rather than [[Chasidic]] branch of [[Orthodox Judaism]].


==Beliefs==
==Beliefs==

Revision as of 22:41, 5 July 2007

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Members of Neturei Karta protesting against Zionism.

Neturei Karta (Aramaic: נטורי קרתא, "Guardians of the City") is a tiny[1] group of Haredi Jewish [[|Kanahi|zealots]] (kanahim) who oppose Zionism and call for a peaceful dismantling of the State of Israel, in the belief that Jews are forbidden to have their own state until the coming of the Messiah.[2]. They are mostly concentrated in Jerusalem, with devotees in and around New York City, Ramat Bet Shemesh (near Jerusalem), and Bnei Brak. Other groups associated with Neturei Karta, can be found in London, Antwerp, New York City, and other parts of New York state. The name Neturei Karta literally means "Guardians of the City" and comes from the gemara of the Jerusalem Talmud, Hagigah, 76c. There it is related that Rabbi Judah haNasi sent two rabbis on a tour of inspection:

In one town they asked to see the "guardians of the city" and the city guard was paraded before them. They said that these were not the guardians of the city but its destroyers, which prompted the citizens to ask who, then, could be considered the guardians. The rabbis answered, "The scribes and the scholars," referring them to Tehillim (Psalms) Chapter 127.[3]

It is this role that Neturei Karta see themselves as fulfilling in the current era by defending what they believe is "the position of the Torah and authentic unadulterated Judaism". Neturei Karta is sometimes confused with Satmar, due to both being anti-Zionist; but the Satmar Rebbe Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum abhorred the Neturei Karta in public as being too extreme and didn't sanction their actions.

According to the Neturei Karta: "The name Neturei Karta is a name usually given to those people who regularly pray in the Neturei Karta synagogues (Torah Ve'Yirah Jerusalem, Torah U'Tefillah London, Torah U'Tefillah NY, Beis Yehudi Upstate NY, etc.), study in or send their children to educational institutions run by Neturei Karta, or actively participate in activities, assemblies or demonstrations called by the Neturei Karta."[3] These synagogues follow the customs of the Gaon of Vilna, due to Neturei Karta's origin within the Lithuanian rather than Chasidic branch of Orthodox Judaism.

Beliefs

Adherents of Neturei Karta stress those portions in rabbinic literature which state that the Jewish people were first sent into exile from the land of Israel for their sins. Additionally, they maintain the view - basing it on the Babylonian Talmud [4] - that any form of forceful recapture of the Land of Israel is a violation of divine will. They believe that the true Commonwealth of Israel can only be re-established with the coming of the Messiah.

Neturei Karta teaches that the exile of the Jews can end only with the arrival of the Messiah, and that human attempts to establish Jewish sovereignty over the Land of Israel are sinful. In Neturei Karta's view, Zionism is a presumptuous affront against God.

Under the guidance of Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, Neturei Karta has endorsed Yasser Arafat, the Palestine Liberation Organization and later, the Palestinian Authority as the rightful rulers of the Land of Israel, which includes the modern-day State of Israel. Other Jewish groups have criticized this alignment, describing it as condoning or even abetting Palestinian terrorism or using Palestinians as a tool for the destruction of Israel.[5][6][7]

Neturei Karta is not a strictly governed group. It is neither a Hasidic nor a Litvish movement, rather it is a movement without clear demarcations. Adherents do not view themselves as being part of a specific group, rather they view themselves as followers of an ideology - that of being guardians of the city (Jerusalem), which is the literal translation of Neturei Karta. Typically, Neturei Karta will keep the customs of the "Old Yishuv" of the city of Jerusalem even when living outside of Jerusalem or even when living abroad, as a demonstration of love and connection to the Holy Land.

Neturei Karta has also been critical of certain aspects of Israel's secular-liberal culture.[8]

History

For the most part, the members of Neturei Karta are descended from Hungarian Jews who settled in Jerusalem's Old City in the early nineteenth century, and from Lithuanian Jews who were students of the Gaon of Vilna, who had settled earlier. In the late nineteenth century, they participated in the creation of new neighborhoods outside the city walls to alleviate overcrowding in the Old City, and most are now concentrated in the neighborhood of Batei Ungarin and the larger Meah Shearim neighborhood.

At the time, they were vocal opponents to the new political ideology of Zionism that was attempting to assert Jewish sovereignty in Ottoman-controlled Palestine. They resented the new arrivals, who were predominantly secular, and claimed that Jewish redemption could only be brought about by the Jewish messiah.

Among the claims they brought for this argument was a Talmudic discussion about portions in the bible regarding a pact made between God, the Jewish people, and the nations of the world, when the Jews were sent into exile. One provision of the pact was (1) that the Jews would not rebel against the non-Jewish world that gave them sanctuary; a second was (2) that they would not immigrate en masse to the Land of Israel. In return, the legend states, the (3) gentile nations promised not to persecute the Jews too harshly.[4] By rebelling against this pact, they argued, the Jewish People were engaging in open rebellion against God.

Other Orthodox Jewish movements, including some who oppose Zionism, have denounced Neturei Karta's activities; according to The Guardian, "[e]ven among Charedi, or ultra-Orthodox circles, the Neturei Karta are regarded as a wild fringe". [9] Neturei Karta claims that the mass media deliberately downplays their viewpoint and makes them out to be few in number. Their protests in America are usually attended by, at most, a few dozen people. In Israel, several hundred is typical, depending on the nature of the protest and its location. [10]

1947-1967

The small faction of Orthodox Zionists were the most prominent representatives of Jewish religious communities when the United Nations voted to partition Palestine on November 29, 1947. However, representatives of another Orthodox party, Agudath Israel, actually asked the General Assembly to vote against partition. Nevertheless, Agudath Israel reevaluated its position upon the establishment of Israel and has been a participant in most governments since that time (though it still will not accept a ministerial portfolio as a result). Neturei Karta maintained their previous stance, feeling they had been betrayed by their Orthodox allies.

Their opposition to Israel and Zionism continued under the leadership of Rabbi Amram Blau. The community became more insular, while forming alliances with other sects that rejected the support given by Agudat Israel to Israel's secular government after independence. Among their allies were the large and affluent Hasidic group Satmar, under the leadership of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, formerly of Hungary and later of New York City, as well as other Hasidic groups, some in Israel and others in the Diaspora.

With their help, Neturei Karta was able to withstand paying taxes to the state that they did not recognize and conversely, to avoid obtaining any benefits from that state by revitalizing the halukka distribution of funds that characterized earlier generations. As such they became a self-contained community within Israel with few formal ties to the surrounding political infrastructure.

Some elements of their rejection make clear the depth of their opposition - most will not touch paper money or coins with pictures of Zionists on them - Einstein and Montefiore are acceptable, Herzl and Weizmann are not.[citation needed] They view these items as 'ritually polluted', and in some cases the men make their wives use these items when their usage is unavoidable. They will not approach the Western Wall of the Temple in Jerusalem, feeling it has been befouled by secular interests and those professing Zionism, which they see as an abomination.

1967-2004

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Rabbi Moshe Hirsch of Jerusalem (left) with Yassir Arafat
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Payment note to Neturei Karta signed by Yasser Arafat
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Rabbi Moshe Ber Beck of Monsey, NY

While many in Neturei Karta chose to simply ignore the State of Israel, this became more difficult. Some took steps to condemn Israel and bring about its eventual dismantling until the coming of the Messiah. Chief among these is Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, Neturei Karta's self-proclaimed "Foreign Minister", author of its prayer book Siddur Vilna, who served in Yasser Arafat's cabinet as Minister for Jewish Affairs.

Rabbi Hirsch and his followers maintain that a community of (Haredi) Orthodox Jews can and should be a viable minority in an Arab-controlled Palestinian state. Their main synagogue is the beis midrash 'Ohel Sarah' in the center of Meah Shearim.

Rabbi Hirsch claims that there is a striking accord between the views of Neturei Karta and those of Fatah, which was the dominant party in the Palestinian Authority until the 2006 Palestinian election: both favour a secular and non-sectarian government in Palestine. He has also sought refugee status at the UN for members and sympathizers of Neturei Karta.[citation needed]

In America, the Neturei Karta are led by Rabbi Moshe Ber Beck of Monsey, New York. He has courted controversy by meeting with Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan, [11] who has been accused of inciting antisemitism and of describing Judaism as a "dirty religion". After meeting with the representatives from Neturei Karta, Farrakhan indicated he would be more cautious in his choice of words in the future.[12]

In 2002, during Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, the Israeli military discovered numerous documents [13] from Arafat's headquarters, including records of payments from the Palestinian Authority to Rabbi Hirsch totaling $55,000. Rabbi Hirsch's son, however, denied that any payment was accepted.[14] [15] [16]

Death of Yasser Arafat and Condemnation

After two men associated with Neturei Karta participated in a 2004 prayer vigil for Yasser Arafat outside the Percy Military Hospital in Paris, France, where he lay on his death bed, the right-wing Israeli radio station Arutz Sheva published an article claiming the group had been condemned by the 'United Orthodox Communities of New York,' a broad coalition of many diverse Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish organizations, including, but not limited to:

Anshei Sfard; Satmar; Bobov; Emunas Yisroel; Ger; Belz; Bnei Yehuda, Nitra; Vizhnitz; Munkacz; Vien; Klausenberg; Torah Vodaas; Novominsk; Torah Temimah; Chasam Sofer; Kiryas Joel - Monroe; Puppa; Young Israel of Brooklyn; Cong. Shomrei Shabbos; United Lubavitch Organizations of Crown Heights; Kamenitz; Agudath Israel 14th Avenue; United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg; Boro Park Jewish Council; Debrecin; US Friends of the Edah Chareidis; Lakewood Yeshiva.

According to Arutz Sheva, the United Orthodox Communities of New York stated in a joint press release:

Their joining in vigils and 'prayers' for the arch-terrorist Yasser Arafat [may his name be blotted out] with Jew-haters of all manner, is an outrage that we cannot ignore and will not forgive. We again demand that rabbis and community leaders of all communities ensure that members of this group are refused entry to all houses of prayer. These nefarious associates of Jewry's enemies have unfortunately again succeeded in their crazed hunger for publicity and are being depicted in local and international media — outfitted in their religious attire — bewailing the impending demise of a mass-murderer — side-by-side with Palestinian Jew-haters. The shame and embarrassment to decent religious Jews worldwide is unbearable. We repeat: this contemptible and minuscule gang of traitors to Judaism, were decades ago barred from our Synagogues and communities...

We urgently request all media outlets to highlight this fact in any report on this group's actions and to clearly state that the Neturei Karta and their advocates have been excommunicated by virtually the entire spectrum of Jewry. [17]

This condemnation was more forcefully worded than others previously reported by Arutz Sheva. Particularly noteworthy is the allegation of a condemnation by Satmar, one of the largest Hasidic movements, which had earlier been allied with Neturei Karta, as there were ideological parallels in their beliefs vis à vis Zionism. Rabbi Weiss, spokesman for the New York branch of Neturei Karta, denied that the report was genuine during a question and answer session after a lecture at UC Riverside in 2005. Rav Weiss claimed he had spoken to the leaders of one of the groups mentioned and had been told he was a valid representative of the Jewish people. [18]

Rabbi Moshe Hirsch, and what Neturei Karta described as an "impressive contingent" of other members, attended Arafat's funeral in Ramallah.[citation needed]

Since 2005

On September 7, 2006

In October 2005, Neturei Karta leader Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss issued a statement criticizing Jewish attacks on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Weiss wrote that Ahmadinejad's statements were not "indicative of anti-Jewish sentiments", but rather, "a yearning for a better, more peaceful world", and "re-stating the beliefs and statements of Ayatollah Khomeini, who always emphasized and practiced the respect and protection of Jews and Judaism." [19]

In the UK, Rabbi Yosef Goldstein testified on behalf of Abu Hamza al-Masri of the Finsbury Park Mosque, who in recordings has called for the murder of Jews and infidels. Rabbi Goldstein testified that he and Abu Hamza had a "friendly and cordial relationship."[20]

In March 2006, several members of Neturei Karta's fringe visited Iran where they met with Iranian statesmen, including the Vice-President, and praised Ahmadinejad for calling for the State of Israel to be "wiped from the pages of history." The spokesmen commented that they shared Ahmadinejad's aspiration for "a disintegration of the Israeli government". When asked by reporters, the group also mentioned that they were not bothered by Ahmadinejad's Holocaust denial. In an interview with Iranian television reporters, Rabbi Weiss remarked, "The Zionists use the Holocaust issue to their benefit. We, Jews who perished in the Holocaust, do not use it to advance our interests. We stress that there are hundreds of thousands Jews around the world who identify with our opposition to the Zionist ideology and who feel that Zionism is not Jewish, but a political agenda...What we want is not a withdrawal to the ‘67 borders, but to everything included in it, so the country can go back to the Palestinians and we could live with them..." [21][22]

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Neturei Karta fringe members at the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust in Iran.

Neturei Karta claims it has helped improve the situation of Jews still living in Iran, and was integral to the efforts to help free thirteen Iranian Jews who were arrested in 1999, convicted of spying for Israel in May 2000, and finally released in 2001 and 2003. [23] A Neturei Karta delegation did visit Iran in June 2000; however the suggestion that it was key to the prisoners' release several years later cannot be verified, particularly in light of the fact that several delegation members, including Rabbi Weiss, declared on Iranian television that Israel had "tricked" the men into spying, giving credence to the government's accusation while the trial was still ongoing. [24] (Four of the thirteen defendants continually maintained their innocence, and several of the others' "confessions" were suspected to have been coerced. Four later recanted their confessions during trial.) [25]

Teheran Holocaust Conference Controversy

In December 2006, members of Neturei Karta, including Yisroel Dovid Weiss, attended the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust, a controversial conference being held in Tehran, Iran that attracted a number of high-profile Holocaust-deniers.[26] Neturei Karta's representative upheld the reality of the Holocaust during his speech to the assembly, although he went on to say, "Zionists have given much higher figures for how many people were killed." [27] However, the AP has since published a retraction, that Rabbi Weiss did not make that statement.

Weiss's speech, as presented in the audio recording of the conference, contained the following statement about the Holocaust:

"The holocaust is something which is, I believe, (and I’ve heard many speakers here say) is something which is very hard to say that the Jewish people did not suffer. I mean somebody has to be, I think, either very very embittered or a person who doesn’t want to open his mind to study, to say that the Jewish people weren’t exterminated. The fact is that there were millions and millions of Jewish people living in Europe before World War II. Poland, the statistics say around 3 million, and Hungary there was over half a million, maybe close to a million and you go through Slovakia, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Ukraine, they were all full of Jewish people, full of Jewish communities and today they don’t exist. And almost nobody tries to refute that. It would be ridiculous to refute it because the fact is, the Jewish people were there and now they are not there.

Now maybe I can say that at the discussion of the holocaust, I may be the representative, the voice of the people who died in the holocaust because my grandparents died there. They were killed in Auschwitz. My parents were from Hungary. My father escaped and his parents remained. He wasn’t able to get them out of Hungary and they died in Auschwitz as were other relatives and all the communities that they knew. So to say that they didn’t die, to me you can not say that. I am the living remnant of the people who died in the holocaust and I am here, I believe sent by God, to humbly say, simply to speak to the people here and say, 'you should know that the Jewish people died, and do not try to say that it did not happen. They did die.' There are people throughout the Jewish communities, still alive in their seventies and eighties and every one of them will tell you their stories. It is something which you cannot refute, but that being said, it doesn’t mean that the holocaust is a tool to use to oppress other people."[28]

They praised Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has called for the destruction of the Zionist state, for recognizing the difference between Judaism and Zionism, and expressed solidarity with the Iranian position of anti-Zionism.[29] Rabbi Yonah Metzger, the chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Israel, immediately called for those who went to Teheran to be put into 'cherem', a form of excommunication. [30] Subsequently the anti-Zionist Satmar Hasidic group called on Jews to “to keep away from them and condemn their actions”. [31]

On Thursday, 21 December, the Edah HaChareidis rabbinical council of Jerusalem also released a statement calling on the public to distance itself from those who went to Iran. The Edah's statement followed, in major lines, the Satmar statement released a few days earlier [32]

In January 2007, 350 protesters stood outside the Neturei Karta synagogue in Monsey, New York, demanding that they leave Monsey and move to Iran.[33] On April 1st, 2007, there was a fire in this building. Although police initially treated the fire as suspicious,[34] local and federal investigators have found no evidence of arson.[35]

See also

External sources

Links supporting Neturei Karta

Links opposing Neturei Karta

Neutral links

Books

  • A Threat from Within: A Century of Jewish Opposition to Zionism. (Zed Books/Palgrave Macmillan, 2006) ISBN 1842776991

Footnotes

  1. ^ New York Sun
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ a b What is the Neturei Karta? (NKUSA) Accessed: December 24, 2006
  4. ^ a b Talmud, Tractate Ketubot, 111a
  5. ^ Sela, Neta (December 15, 2006). "Satmar court slams Neturei Karta". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Wagner, Matthew (December 14, 2006). "Haredim slam fringe over Iran parley". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ Berkman, Jacob (December 19, 2006). "Orthodox furious at anti-Zionist sect". Jewish United Fund. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ [2]
  9. ^ In a state over Israel by Simon Rocker (The Guardian) November 25, 2002
  10. ^ Connections Magazine "In 'Honor' of Yom Haatzmaut: A Few RBS Haredim Wore Sackcloth and Hung Palestinian Flags" Temura, 1 May 2006
  11. ^ Third meeting held between Nation of Islam and Jewish rabbis by Saeed Shabazz (Final Call) January 11, 2000
  12. ^ Exile and Redemption: The Torah Approach by a Friend of Neturei Karta (NKUSA) February, 2000
  13. ^ Photocopies of documents and receipts (Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, ITC CSS)
  14. ^ Amir Rappaport. Arafat transferred funds to (Hirsch's) Neturei Karta: Captured PA documents reveal that $55,000 given to leader of the anti-Zionist sect. Critics of this claim state that Israel has forged documents before to further project legitimacy along with other tactics of deceit, and that even if the are real, that accepting funding from those it regards as the true claimants to Palestine until the Messiah's return is no different from the Israeli government's material support of Palestinians who support Israel and call for the expulsion of Palestinians from the 'Holy Land'.(Maariv International), 2 April 2004.
  15. ^ Neturei Karta "Rabbi" Received $55,000 from Arafat (IsraelNN) August 16, 2004
  16. ^ Neturei Karta: What is it?
  17. ^ Angry Response to Neturei Karta Prayers for Arafat (IsraelNN) November 12, 2004
  18. ^ Google Video
  19. ^ The Orthodox Jewish response to the criticism of the Iranian President (statement for Al Q'uds Day) (NKUSA) October 28 , 2005
  20. ^ Rabbi and vicar back Abu Hamza (Life Style Extra) January 26, 2006
  21. ^ Neturei Karta in Iran: Zionists use Holocaust by Roee Nahmias (YNetNews) March 12, 2006
  22. ^ Neturei Karta sect pays visit to Iran by Michael Freund (Jerusalem Post) March 8, 2006
  23. ^ Ingrained Prejudice (NKUSA)
  24. ^ Rabbis visiting Iran say brethren duped by Israel by Ali Raiss-Tousi (Reuters) June 9, 2000
  25. ^ Backgrounder: The Trial of 13 Iranian Jews (Anti-Defamation League) March, 2003
  26. ^ Why are Jews at the 'Holocaust denial' conference? December 12, BBC 2006
  27. ^ Rabbi among the rabble-rouser (New York Daily News) December 15, 2006
  28. ^ [3]
  29. ^ Anti-Zionist Neturei Karta Sect Visits Iran, Praises Ahmadinejad by Amihai Zippor (Israel Hasbarah Committee News) March 9, 2006
  30. ^ Rabbi Metzger: Boycott Neturei Karta participants of Iran conference (YNetNews) December 14, 2006
  31. ^ Satmar court slams Neturei Karta (YNetNews) December 15, 2006
  32. ^ Black Eye For Black Hats After Tehran Hate Fest (thejewishweek.com) December 22, 2006
  33. ^ Santos, Ferdinand (January 15, 2007, corrected January 17, 2007). "New York Rabbi Finds Friends in Iran and Enemies at Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  34. ^ Lieberman, Steve (2007-04-02). "Anti-Zionist group's building destroyed by fire". The Journal News. Retrieved 2007-04-02. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  35. ^ Calabrese, Erin (April 3, 2007). "FIERY RHETORIC: ANTI-ZION RABBI RIPS 'TERROR' BY RIVALS". Local. The New York Post. Retrieved 2007-04-05. Still, preliminary findings in the investigation into the blaze at the Neturei Karta sect's synagogue Sunday night showed no trace of arson, officials said. With the burned-out structure falling down, only specially trained dogs could be sent in, and they did not detect any accelerants commonly used in arsons, according to Detective Lt. Louis Falco of the Rockland County Sheriff's Bureau of Investigation. Before the officials' preliminary determination, the ultra-Orthodox sect's leaders vehemently insisted that the spark was deliberate. 'I am 99 percent [certain] that this was a terrorist attack,' said Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss immediately after the fire. 'This was a hate crime.'…Officials with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which investigates domestic terrorism, were at the scene during the day. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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