February 8 – Rabbi Dovid Weiss, spokesman
of Neturei Karta International, a worldwide organization of
Orthodox Jews opposed to Zionism, issued a statement today
condemning the Israeli elections. Rabbi Weiss said, “The
key issue today is not who should govern the state of Israel
but whether the state should exist altogether.”
“It is over 100 years since Zionism emerged to deny
the basics of Jewish faith. Since then the movement has always
failed to deliver on anything it has promised the Jewish people.
The Holy Land is far from a safe homeland. It is the most
dangerous place in the world for Jews to live.”
“All factions of Zionism are today exhausted. No one
has any reasonable solution to the problems confronting the
state.”
“We propose that Jews, in the Holy Land and world wide,
return to the traditional Torah response of opposing Zionism
in all its forms. ‘Hawks’ and ‘doves’
are united in their desire to bring about the end of Jewish
exile by this worldly means. They willingly harass and abuse
the Palestinian people in their zany pursuit of their madcap
dreams.”
Although Weiss described both Barak and Sharon as Zionists
he emphasized that Sharon is far worse. “Sharon is a
man whose entire life has been dedicated to violence and insensitivity
towards the Palestinian people.”
The Rabbi concluded, “The only real question which Zionism
presents us with is, how many years will it take untill all
Jews are convinced of the evil nature of this ideology. Given
recent events, such as the attempted bombing in Israel, immediately
after Sharon’s election, it seems clear that the final
triumph of truth cannot be too far away.”
The Rabbi called for “a peaceful dismantling of the
Israeli state. True peace will be impossible in the Middle
East for so long as the Zionist state continues it’s
rebellion against G-d and war against man. It is a blasphemous
and violent movement. Torah Judaism calls upon us to reject
this vile philosophy.”
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