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Report: Ultra-Orthodox Jews Make Rare Visit To Gaza
The following report appears in The Washington Post: A small group of ultra-Orthodox Jews were preparing Friday to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath in Gaza, in an unlikely show of support for Palestinians in the Hamas-run coastal territory.
Bearded and wearing black hats and coats, the four members of a tiny Jewish group vehemently opposed to Israel’s existence were a rare sight in the poverty-stricken Palestinian territory.
Members of the Neturei Karta group have expressed support for the Iranian regime and for others who oppose the Jewish state, which they believe was established in violation of Jewish law. They made a similar visit to Gaza last year.
“It’s crucial that the people of Gaza understand the terrible tragedy here is not in the name of Judaism,” said one of the men, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss of New York City, as the four prepared to observe the Sabbath at a Gaza City hotel.
Gaza is still recovering from Israel’s devastating military offensive a year ago, which was aimed at halting rocket fire from the territory. Thirteen Israelis and almost 1,400 Gazans were killed in the three-week war.
The four men are American and Canadian citizens. Israel bans its citizens from visiting the blockaded territory. Weiss and his comrades entered Gaza through a border crossing with Egypt.
Neturei Karta, Aramaic for “Guardians of the City,” was founded seven decades ago in Jerusalem by Jews who opposed the drive to establish the state of Israel, believing only the Messiah could do that.
Considered marginal even among ultra-Orthodox Jews, the group’s size is estimated at between a few hundred to a few thousand people.
{AP/Washington Post}
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32 Responses to “Report: Ultra-Orthodox Jews Make Rare Visit To Gaza”
2. Comment from wow
Time January 2, 2010 at 12:55 PM
If the Washington Post is calling them Ultra-Orthodox, what does that mean. Why are they Ultra Orthodox, I doubt they keep the Mitzvos better than me!
3. Comment from idiot
Time January 2, 2010 at 1:37 PM
ultra-Orthodox Jews ???
ultra-Orthodox — maybe ?
Jews — definitely NOT !!
4. Comment from Tanna Kamma
Time January 2, 2010 at 1:53 PM
few thousand people?? even few hundred is a gross exaggeration! This is just a handful of imbeciles…
5. Comment from drek
Time January 2, 2010 at 2:44 PM
This story is drek and the Post is drek.
They’re ultra something, but “Orthodox” isn’t it.
This has nothing to do with being a Torah Yid and understanding Zionism is kfirah, it has to do with some unstable people going off the deep end.
6. Comment from Anonymous
Time January 2, 2010 at 3:19 PM
good job thank you
7. Comment from truth
Time January 2, 2010 at 6:04 PM
these are not orhtodox jews in my book
8. Comment from dovy
Time January 2, 2010 at 6:54 PM
the mosque bombing by jewish extremists was a huge chilul Hashem that endagers every one of us. hopefully this will help diffuse the tensions and show the arabs that we are not out to kill them and don’t follow the kill all arabs zionist philosophy.
9. Comment from Menachem HaKohen
Time January 2, 2010 at 7:20 PM
May these heligie Yidden be mekadesh shem Shmayim by showing the world that Klal Yisroel is opposed to the zionists.
10. Comment from BAR ILAN
Time January 2, 2010 at 7:52 PM
My Rebbe R’ Gifter Zatzal said Orthodox is a Greek word
11. Comment from atlanta
Time January 2, 2010 at 8:12 PM
what happens to these guys is that they get so into they’re thing that forget what theyre fighting for
12. Comment from yournuts!!
Time January 2, 2010 at 8:24 PM
these guys are not the real, peaceful, neturei karta. to #9, all they see is a few wackjobs who support the murder of other jews. If i ever come across one of them Hashem should give me the koyach to do the right thing: “a knuckle sandwich served with a heavy uppercut and a ‘cork’ on the side”!!!!!!
13. Comment from Anonymous
Time January 2, 2010 at 8:37 PM
I would like to ask one thing of all these people bashing the NK!!
Should you have been around:
At the time that Yakov our forefather bowed to Esov, who was out to kill him, and consequently saved his life to save all of Klal Yisrael
Or when rabbi Yochanan played dead to smuggle out to the Romans and thus by saved Reb Gamliel and the city of Yavneh and its torah scholars, and thus by saved the torah and all of Am Yisrael,
Or when Reb Michoel Ber Weissmandel gave money and pleaded to the biggest ratsach Eichmann and thus by saved thousands of Jews,
Would your condemnation be:
1) the same
2) more
3) less
People “START THINKING”
14. Comment from Curious George
Time January 2, 2010 at 9:28 PM
TO # 9- Menachem and others who are anti-zionist: What do you think of Bayis Sheini times? You probably have this fantasy of an era of ZTidkus, etc. Well study histiry, you fool. Because Bayis Sheini was the sight of incredible dishonesty where the kehuna gedola was up for bids, and this is the smalles avala of the times. The GOVERNMENT at those times would make the current medina look like Tzadikim gemurim. Yet nobody would reject Bayis Sheini and that era, as not legitimate. So why the big fuss over today’s medina?
15. Comment from shani109@aol.com
Time January 2, 2010 at 9:37 PM
They are enemies of the Jewish People,how dare you call them helige yidden?Would you call the kapos in the concentration camps, heilig? What a chillul hashem they are not jews they are nazis!
16. Comment from bb
Time January 2, 2010 at 9:42 PM
Against Zionism or not - standing together with our enemies who want to kill us is disgusting to say the least. Whoever thinks that Jews standing together with the killers of our people will diffuse tension is living in a dream world. We are in golus and our enemies hate us! Period! You want to make a kiddush Hashem, go help your fellow Jews and act like a mentsch between Jews and goyim alike.
17. Comment from Ploni
Time January 2, 2010 at 9:56 PM
Still waiting to hear some daat Torah on this! Matzav…?
18. Comment from Normal
Time January 2, 2010 at 10:10 PM
May these Yidden be mekadesh Shem Shomayim by showing the world that they will begin to listen to Klall Yisroels heiliger Gedolim!
19. Comment from yakov
Time January 3, 2010 at 1:20 AM
What a wonderful way to spend shabbos chazak.
If they want to be mekadesh shem shomayim let them do it like rabbi akiva.
20. Comment from truth be told
Time January 3, 2010 at 1:36 AM
SINFUL INDIVIDUALS.
Look at where Kosher ZEALOTRY has gone….to the mud with chilul hashem and hatred for their Jewish brethren living in Israel.
21. Comment from MominJ-m
Time January 3, 2010 at 2:37 AM
#20, this is not Kosher zealotry - only a few unbalanced individuals would define these people and their deeds as kosher. There is a concept of kosher zealotry that should not be mocked, but this is not it.
The Satmar Rebbe zt”l’s rejected any form of recognition of the Zionist State and the Brisker Rav zt”l was vehemently opposed as well strong, but neither of them said that the poor Arabs whose land was stolen from them have license to murder Jews and deserve to be supported in their efforts to kill as many Jews as possible in order to get back their land. Or that it is correct to support regimes such as Iran who would love to wipe Israel along witih all her Jewish inhabitants off the face of the earth. These unkosher zealots do not represent the Satmar Rav zt”l or Brisker Rav zt”l’s Jewish zealotry.
22. Comment from Bubby
Time January 3, 2010 at 2:57 AM
Horrible, disgusting, despicable, uncaring, sinful,low-life people. Remember you dudes that some people kissed up to Hitler yemach shemo also, only to find out they too were going to be killed. Enough of your mishuga’asen. You should all be put into cherem.
23. Comment from notallthere
Time January 3, 2010 at 2:58 AM
Daas Torah says these “people” are a group that hate Satmar .All they are interested in is to make Satmar look bad.As anyone who looks like them must be Satmar.The more we write about them and the more we talk about them gives them “Asach Hanuah”
24. Comment from Askan
Time January 3, 2010 at 3:02 AM
Reply to normal (#18) They hav absolutely NO das torah. In fact every rov,rosh yeshiva and anyone with some sense deny having anything to do with such so called jews. They are a disgrace and chilul hashem for the rest of klal yisroel. May hashem send them their speedy punishment bimheiro veyomeinu omen!
25. Comment from Anonymous
Time January 3, 2010 at 4:30 AM
Most of these “heiliger so called Ultra Orthrodox Yidden”, had family members who perished in the camps R’L. Imagine, how their neshamos are turning in Gan Eden, to see this terrible Chillul Hashem and by what they are doing! The Gov’t should arrest them and deport them from Israel! Disgusting!
26. Comment from Avi
Time January 3, 2010 at 6:28 AM
These people are rodfim! What right do they have to kill me, my family, and the rest of the 40% of the world’s Jewish population who have decided to wait for the Messiah in Eretz Yisrael? I wish we could exchange them for Gilad Shalit.
27. Comment from bb
Time January 3, 2010 at 11:32 AM
The answer to #13 is: niether Yaakov Avinu, nor
Rabbi Yochanan, nor Rabbi Weismandel ever endorsed or made a “show of support” to our enemies. Our Rabbis only dealt with our enemies in a way that would help the Jews, but never showed any compassion, love, support… They only had compassion, love, and support for the Jewish people.
By the way, Rav Amram Blau,zt’l the founder of NK, was never seen parading around with the Arabs and neither was Rav Yoel Teitlebaum zt’l, the previous Satmar Rebbe ever seen with thes bloodthirsty murderers. And the current Satmar Rebbe never went or sent his Chassidim to protest together with the enemies of our Jewish Nation.
I think #13 should “start thinking”
28. Comment from reader
Time January 3, 2010 at 12:35 PM
Put them in cherem and ostacize their families!
29. Comment from js
Time January 3, 2010 at 12:56 PM
for once i hope these idiots get blown up by some suicide bomber there.
30. Comment from a yid
Time January 3, 2010 at 11:43 PM
Dear # 28,
what do you call it when a person goes to the general of the enemy’s army, bows before him, calls him king Etc. and does all this before the entire on looking apposing army ?
That’s exactly what Reb Yochanan did, so whatever you call that, the same should be applied to the NK,
If you think that’s “show of support” to our enemies, well there is your precedent.
31. Comment from love all yid
Time January 4, 2010 at 8:42 AM
This is plain and simple Chilul Hashem!!
Hashem Yirachem
32. Comment from Aaron Schindler
Time January 4, 2010 at 4:01 PM
Hashem should protect these heilige Yidden in their Avodas Hakodesh.
1. Comment from Ploni
Time January 2, 2010 at 11:35 AM
Anyone heard any daat Torah on these guys..?