Satmar Court Slams Neturei Karta:
Are there limits to anti-Zionism?
Typically anti-Zionist Orthodox sector issues condemnation
of seven Orthodox Jews who attended Iranian
Holocaust denial conference last week
by Neta Sela 2006/12/15 * from: ynetnews (dot) com
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The Satmar Hassidism Court published an unprecedented statement
calling on the public to disassociate themselves from the
seven Neturei Karta members who visited Iran
to attend the Holocaust denial conference this week.
The Satmar movement printed an official placard,
with bold black lettering, publicly denouncing
“fanaticism, and those committing insane acts
to walk hand in hand with the Arabs.”
The court further ordered that the offenders be shunned
and their actions be condemned. It slams the offenders
for “joining in desecrating the name of the heavens”.
The declaration expresses astonishment at how a few people
“dared attend a special conference of the nations of the world
that despise Israel (may the names of the evil rot),
deny the Holocaust, and deny and belittle the immensity
of the evil and murder of those killed for sanctifying The Lord;
they desecrated the name of the heavens.”
Residents of the Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim
said that the Orthodox leaders could not stand the fact
that those individuals who visited Iran identify themselves
as Satmar Jews, and thus stain the name of Orthodoxy.
The Satmar Orthodox group is the largest Orthodox sector
worldwide, numbering some 120,000 people,
and holds adamant anti-Zionist views.
Yitzhak Weiss, an editor of a Hassidic journal, told Ynet:
“The rabbinate issued the declaration to attack those Orthodox
who represented Orthodox Judaism at the Holocaust denial conference.
What they did there is a simple crime against humanity.”
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Neturei Karta: Iranians making logical claim
by Neta Sela
Haredi Jews who attended Holocaust conference in Tehran
express support for Ahmadinejad’s ideas.
According to their representative in Jerusalem:
Iran’s goal isn’t to exterminate Israel,
but to take action against Zionism.
Holocaust survivor and former Chief Rabbi of Israel,
Rabbi Israel Lau [was] outraged [he said]:
“This is something intelligence can’t tolerate.”