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Name
Furqan
- United States
Profession
Question
How does Rabbi Weiss and his organization see the way to peace in Palestine?
Answer
According to the Torah view, there cannot be true peace as long as Zionism and the state of Israel exist.
Name
Saleh
- United States
Profession
pharmacist
Question
Is there anyone in the current israeli government who who feels the same way you do? Is there any chance that they may become the majority?
Answer
There are many people from the religious members in the Knesset who joined the government similar as the Palestinian people had people representing them in the Israeli government and have Arab members joining the Israeli parliament simply to represent their rights and needs although ideologically they are in total opposition to the concept of the Israeli state. So we find the Orthodox Jewish parties and members at the Knesset joined the Israeli government not because they held the view of the legitimacy of the Zionist state but rather in opposition to the Zionist state they were guided by certain Jewish Rabbis and leaders to join the Israeli government to be able to in someway gain rights to the Orthodox community and to be able to fight Zionism from within the Zionist state.
One of the founders of Agudat Israel party Yitchak Maier Levine said when he joined the Knesset: "I am going into a lion's den" in order to save Jewry.
The majority of the religious Parties in the Knesset today follow this same concept. Proof of this is that most religious schools do not have an Israeli flag hanging over their building, do not celebrate Israeli independence day, and most important, do not send their children to the Israeli army, do not study modern Hebrew.
Many of the leading Rabbis today put out a statement stating that they never joined the Israeli government except against their will, because they have no other choice in order to save Judaism.
Name
Falih
- Australia
Profession
student
Question
How many branches of Neturei Karta all over the world? Are you increasing? Do you find support from many Jews?
Answer
Neturei Karta is not an organization; it is the total belief of the old true Jewish traditions and beliefs that have never changed. We do not let ourselves be influenced by the heresy of the Zionist ideology. Therefore, Jews throughout the world who stand true to the Jewish belief, and especially those who are vocal and fight openly against Zionism and stand up to protect the Jewish belief, are referred to as Neturei Karta. There are vast numbers of such Jews, and thank God, they are increasing tremendously.
Name
Ruba O. El-hayek
- Saudi Arabia
Profession
Question
What is the difference between how you view Palestine and the way Zionists
view Palestine? My second question is have you ever considered learning
more about Islam?
Answer
We view Palestine as a Godliness and a holy land no matter under whose rule it is. It is no difference under which country or rule Palestine is. In fact, the whole time period of the second temple (except for a few years of the rule of the Chashmanites), Palestine was under the rule of different countries other than Jewish rule. It was under Greece and Rome. The only rule that we are forbidden to accept in exile is to be under a Jewish rule.
The Zionists, on the other hand, come to the issue of Palestine as a physical military entity and as an issue of materialistic national entity similar to how other nations reached their power through military victory.
Name
Ahmed Neggaz
- France
Profession
Question
Dear Sir,
Salam.
Everybody speaking about Israel spell it "the jewish state". How judaism is different than zionism, what is/are the main difference ? Zionism seems to take his "spirit" into judaism, how this mechanism is a contradiction with judaism ?
Sincerely
Answer
Judaism is a Godliness, Zionism is materialism. Zionists try to clothe their materialism in the cloth of religion, but it is false and criminal.
Name
Amjad
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Profession
Question
How do you view Sharon and his government? How do you see Bush's stance on the Palestinian rights?
Answer
Sharon and his government and for that matter the whole Zionist entity are rejected from the Jewish nation and Judaism, because of it is heresy and its tremendous cruelty.
As for Bush, the Torah forbids the Jewish people to take a stance in political issues.
Name
Ruke
- Canada
Profession
Question
You say on your website that your rejection to the so-called state of Israel is based on your true understanding of the Old Testament? My question is: How do other Jews misunderstand this? Are they being misled by their leaders?
Answer
Jews have been misled by the tremendous power of the propaganda machine of Zionism and through their intimidation and terror of Zionism. Zionists have gripped control of the media, and through the media, confused and integrated the Torah into the Zionist belief. With false intepertations of verses of the Torah, they have confused the truth of the Torah.
Name
Adam Ibrahim
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Profession
Question
Hello Rabbi Weiss,
Thank you for taking the time to answer questions.
My question concerns the issue of many Jews refuse to accept or
acknowlege the state of Israel according to the Old Testament. In brief
can you explain why, and what can be said to those Jews who claim that
these Jews are incorrect in their thinking.
Thank you
Answer
Our answer to the people who question us is that we are following in the footsteps and the teachings of the Torah and the Torah leaders throughout the generations, especially the teachings of how a Jew should be in exile. These teachings were especially clarified by the leaders of Judaism at the time of the inception of Zionism, when all the rabbinic authorities universally stood in total opposition to Zionism, with the exclusion of a handful of Rabbis.
We advise you to look at the rich writings of Jewish rabbis throughout the exile for almost 2,000 years. Judaism is tremendously rich in its rabbinic writing and rabbinic scholars. Nobody wrote of this concept or ideology of leaving exile; on the contrary, they wrote the opposite that we must be patient and wait for God to metaphysically end the exile when God's glory will be recognized by all.
Name
Dave Sabatene
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Profession
Question
Dear Rabbi Weiss:
Please give a brief explanation as to why Zionists,
whether they are religious or secular, are considered
as heretics in Judaism, and why there are so many
religious Jews and even rabbis who have abandoned the
teachings of the great rabbinical authorities and
adhere to Zionist heresy? How did this happen?
Also, please describe how the Zionists in general have
been intimidating and threatening anti-Zionist
Orthodox Jews and rabbis to prevent them from speaking
the truth about Zionism.
David Sabatene
Answer
The forefathers of Zionism were known atheists and heretics and the whole ideology of Zionism is a heretic ideology and rebellion against God. They created a state which rejected the acceptance of the Torah that the Jewish nation had accepted on Mount Sinai, and they ignored the whole Jewish religion. Secondly, they brought to Palestine Jews from the four corners of the world and transformed them to non-believers. Although, even if the forefathers of Zionism would have been religious and their state is a religious state, it still would have been forbidden according to God and His Torah, because it refutes the true Jewish belief which waits for God's ruling over the world and the end of this exile, which God Himself will do without any human intervention.
At that time God will change the thought process of humankind, all people will serve God together in unison, there will be no more wars and hate
We are forbidden to take any action to make the end of exile come to pass, especially the Zionists' way which is through atrocity and evil decrees and subjugation of another people without right and expulsion of another nation. This is especially abhorrent and against God.
Name
Khalid
- United Kingdom
Profession
Psychologist
Question
Hello Rabbi weis, my question is that, some people suggest that the Zionism is in decline, and this war is there desperate attempt to retain control, how do you see the events unfolding? do you think israel will disappear soon.
Answer
Our view of what is happening today is not through a political standpoint, but through a religious standpoint with the view of the Torah. According to the Torah, the Zionist entity cannot continually exist. Every happening is through the hands of God and the Zionist state is an on-going rebellion against God. Therefore, the explosion of the punishment to this rebellion is expected at any time. We pray that the end of the State of Israel should come about speedily with God's compassion without any bloodshed or suffering for any human being.
Name
Thomas Pochari
- United States
Profession
Publisher
Question
Hello Rabbi,
certainly at least 80% of America Jews are Zionists...
and you are very much a tiny minority.
How did Zionism come to seduce Jews, when it is so criminal in nature?
Answer
It is not 80%. There is a vast segment of the Jewish people who are silent in their opposition because of the intimidation of Zionism, as you can see examples of intimidation of the Zionists if you visit our website: http://www.nkusa.org/activities/Zionist_Violence/index.cfm
According to our knowledge, a great percentage of Jews have given up on the whole Zionist ideology. They simply have a problem of how to become free of this monster.
Name
farook hasan
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Profession
Question
Peace to mankind,can muslims and jews join forces and defeat zionism and how?
Answer
The Torah forbids the Jewish people to use physical force. The power of the Jewish people is with their mouth, meaning through prayer to God and the declaration and espousing of the truth to the world.
Name
Phoebe
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Profession
Question
Hi. I was just wondering how much influence do you have? within the U.S. government? within Israel? What kind of people does your sphere of influence touch? the ordinary man on the street, or politicians and decision makers?
Answer
We do not attempt to influence governments, rather we attempt and are successful in influencing non-Jews and Jews throughout the world in understanding the difference between Judaism and Zionism, and thank God, our message is heard universally.
Name
Marwa
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Profession
Question
Peace,
Why is your movement not as popular and not as funded and aggressive as the zionist movement?
Answer
The power of intimidation of Zionism and their extremely strong propaganda machine causes that any opposition is quelled. Their terror causes that the wealthy anti-Zionists are fearful that if they back anti-Zionist movements, it will be revealed and their businesses will be affected as has happened many times in the past.
Name
Rasheed
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Profession
Question
Hello,
I was wondering if your view is consistant with ultra-orthodox jews? I beleive they are called Chasidins (excuse if i am erred).
Answer
Chasidus is one of the ways of serving God in the Orthodox Jewry. It has nothing to do with the ideology of Zionism. Being opposed to Zionism is a basic tenet in all the ways of Judaism and the service of God because, as we stated many times, Zionism is a heresy and all the actions that emanate from Zionism, the uprooting of Judaism, and the tremendous injustice that is being done to the Palestinian people, which we cannot elaborate because of the space and time limit, subjugation, expulsion, pain, suffering, etc of the Palestinians, is all against the true roots and basics of Judaism.
All the Jewish religious people feel and suffer with the Palestinian suffering no matter what type, Chasidus or not.
Name
Rashad
- United States
Profession
Self Employed
Question
Why alot the Jews here in America still feel they have a right to be bias towards us Muslims here in America when both of our struggles here in the US is different from the present day situation in Palestine/Israel?
Answer
In the Jewish religion, there is no bias to the Muslims or their religion, and we don't know of a bias of the Jews to the Muslims. The only issue is yes Zionism or no Zionism, and the Zionists want to portray a picture of a conflict between the Jewish and Muslim religion, and the Jewish people and the Muslim people. But this is false. On the contrary, we know that the Muslim people and Islam are not in opposition to the Jewish people or their religion, and vice versa.
Name
John
- United States
Profession
Question
Hello Rabbi.
I admire you for having the courage to come out and speak out in accordance to your religious belief. No doubt, you have been called a "self-hating Jew" many times!
I have a few questions.
Do you feel that the Zionists are succeeding in creating global anti-Jewish feelings? Do you suspect the Zionists sometimes stage anti-Jewish acts to convince Jews to support their agenda or emigrate to Israel? I believe a hardline rabbi in Europe was recently arrested for staging an attack on a temple.
Also, do you feel the majoity of Jews, who are either silent or appear to be supportive of the agenda of the Zionist, should be morally and religiously reprimended?
The following are two articles you might want to consider for inclusion on your site.
Zionism Thrives By Creating 'Anti-Semitism'
http://www.rense.com/general40/zionn.htm
Ralph Schoenman's The Hidden History Of Zionism
http://www.marxists.de/middleast/schoenman/
Shalom.
Answer
As for the first and second questions, I answer unequivocally yes and yes.
About the third question, I can only say that the Torah requires a Jew to sanctify God's name by speaking out against the desecration of God's name, which means a Jew must speak out against Zionism. Also, the Jewish religion and the Torah are being desecrated because the Jews are being accused of lack of compassion and murder.
Name
Othman
- Oman
Profession
Engineer
Question
How do you view the religious parties in the so-called "isreal"? I mean these parties are calling for the destruction of Al-Aqsa mosque and to build " Soloman Temple". Do you support these parties for example shas party?
Answer
We are in total opposition to the Zionists views of the destruction of Al-Aqsa mosque. This is a tragedy and a cardinal criminal offense. Who knows what horrific results could come from this? It is clearly forbidden according to the Torah and the rabbinical authorities. In 1929 the head Rabbi of Palestine and Jerusalem, Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonenfeld of blessed memory sent a letter to the Heads of Islamic community in Jerusalem declaring that the Jewish people have no want or interest to take anything which is under the Islamic ownership. And in fact he was referring to the Jews praying at the Western wall.
Name
Iftakhar
- United Kingdom
Profession
Question
Dear Rabbi,
1. How is your organisation viewed by your peers (Rabbi's)in the world Jewish community ?
2. Do you think your message is getting accross to the wider Jewish community ?
3. How has your interaction with Islamic organisations and Muslims in general going is it more positive or negative ?
Thank you Iftakhar
Answer
Please refer to the previous answers regarding your first and second question.
As for the third question, our interaction is definitely most positive and we hope and pray that the Muslim community will help us to spread our message more and more in the Muslim community. This will sanctify God's name, bring peace and harmony between the Jews and the Muslims and will succeed in squashing the concept that the Muslims are somehow anti-Semitic by clarifying the truth that the conflict is between the political movement called Zionism, and that it has nothing to do with Judaism or the Jewish people.
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Editor
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