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03-30-2004, 09:12 PM
Zionism Is The Root Problem
Presented by Rabbi
Yisroel P. Feldman of Neturei Karta Int.at the rally
hosted by the New England Committee to
Defend Palestine, to protest the
"Boston Celebrates Israel Festival" in Boston, Mass. on
Sunday, June 15,
2003
With God's help may the words that we speak here today
sanctify God's
name and may it bring peace and brotherhood amongst His creations.
A - salaam aleikum
We have come to Boston today to protest the celebration of
the founding
of the blasphemous and heretical Zionist state taking place here.
We
represent Torah true Jews who remain loyal to authentic Judaism, who
know that
the root cause of the conflict and instability plaguing the
Middle East, and hence the entire
world, is the heresy against G d
called Zionism, and the heinous crimes committed in the
name of its
illegitimate "State of Israel".
Zionism! An ideology that is antithetical to
Judaism, one fomented by
unabashed atheists, heretics and even some ostensibly
"religious"
collaborators who have sold their souls to the irreligious Zionists for
money
and power.
The founding of the Zionist state is in direct contradiction to
the
teachings of the Torah, which forbids the establishment of a Jewish
state and
commands Jews to remain in exile until they are released
therefrom by G-d himself, without
any human intervention, at which time
all nations of the world will live together in peace,
and serve their
Creator in unity.
Two thousand years ago, at the time of the
Temple's destruction, the
Jewish people were forbidden by the Creator (Tractate Ketuboth
111a)
To go up en masse to the Holy Land
To rebel against the nations
To in any
way attempt to end the exile
Jews faithful to the Torah are enjoined by the Torah to
conduct
themselves as loyal, upright and grateful citizens in their host
countries
throughout the world.
The Torah commands us to emulate G-d and to be
compassionate. We are
forbidden to unlawfully expropriate land, to subjugate or to
oppress
another people. Therefore we protest and mourn the murder,
deportation,
subjugation, and oppression of the Palestinian people by the
Zionist
hooligans who invaded their homeland, in violation of the Torah, and
have
caused so much needless suffering. The list of their crimes is
endless.
The cause of
the past, current and, G-d forbid, future suffering is the
aforementioned rebellion against
G-d. The tragic and seemingly
intractable conflict in the Middle East is directly attributable
to the
wicked actions of the Zionist regime against the indigenous population
of
Palestine, against whom the Zionists have been waging war for more
than a century. Thus,
the only solution to bring about peace and harmony
is not more war and strife, but rather
regime change in historic
Palestine! The Torah's solution to this dilemma would be for the
world
community to actively work towards the dismantling of the illicit
Zionist regime and
the restoration of full Palestinian sovereignty over
the whole of Palestine. We firmly believe
that such a solution would not
result in Jews being slaughtered indiscriminately by the
Palestinians.
In fact, the very existence of the Zionist state endangers Jewish
lives
because it constitutes an open rebellion against G-d. Only when the
Palestinian
people return to their homeland as a sovereign nation and
only when the scourge of the
racist Zionist occupation has been removed
from the sacred soil of Palestine will Jews and
Arabs once again live in
peace and harmony, as they have done for so many centuries,
prior to the
inception of Zionism some 100 years ago. Only when the
Palestinian
refugees are allowed to return to their native soil will there be peace
in the
Holy Land!
It is a hollow mockery and a desecration of everything sacred to
Judaism
that the Zionist heretics base their specious claims to the Holy Land on
the
Bible, justifying their mass invasion, colonization, expropriation
and displacement of the
native inhabitants of Palestine, who, according
to the Torah, are entitled to sovereignty
over the whole of their native
homeland.
By establishing the "state of Israel", the
Zionists have openly rebelled
against the will of G-d's and the laws of the Torah and
thereby have
caused immense pain and immeasurable suffering to both Jews
and
non-Jews. At occasions like this where people celebrate the
establishment of the
state of "Israel", Torah true Jews lament the
invidious attempts by the Zionists to transform
Judaism from a religion
into a secular, hypernationalistic and fundamentally racist creed
and
their sinister efforts to uproot the Torah's teachings from the
Jewish
people.
We mourn the pernicious effects Zionism has had on the Jewish
people and
the Holy Land, including the ongoing desecration of the Sabbath,
the
introduction of immodest dress, and immoral media into Jewish society,
and a litany
of violations against many of the laws of our faith, not
the least of which is the
commandment to be compassionate toward our
fellow man.
The United Nations
acquiesced to the establishment of the Zionist state
in the aftermath of World War II with
good intentions of providing
assistance and shelter to persecuted Jews. Yet Zionism and
Israel have
been a curse and source of suffering for the Jewish people ever
since!
Where else have so many Jews died since World War II if not in the
Zionist
state? All because of the craven ambition of the Zionists for
power in their brazen defiance
of the teachings and values of Judaism!
Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of
history and current events
knows that the Zionist state has been one of the greatest
tragedies for
the Jewish people, creating conflict with Muslims and Arabs, with
whom
Jews have lived in peace and harmony for many centuries throughout the
world
from Morocco to Iraq, from Casablanca to Baghdad!
Judaism is not Zionism! Judaism is
the faith of the Jewish people in G-d
and His Torah. Zionism is the racist anti-Jewish
ideology of a band of
gangsters who managed to deceive so many Jews into thinking that
only
they can protect Jews from external threats to their existence. These
criminals are
known to have actively encouraged anti-Jewish feeling
throughout the world in order to
compel Jews to immigrate to the Zionist
state as a safe haven. Need we remind ourselves
of what the Zionists did
to fool Jews in Yemen, Iraq and Egypt into moving to their state
by
planting bombs in synagogues, assassinating innocent Jews and
beguiling
G-d-fearing Jews with their false proclamations that the Messianic era
had
arrived and that the promised ingathering of the exiles had begun?
Anti-Jewish
prejudice is the lifeblood of Zionism! Without it, Zionism
could not survive! Zionism seeks to
label anyone opposing its policies
as "anti-Semitic," which is utterly false, both logically and
factually!
We implore the Jewish people to return to G-d and His Torah, to
totally
disavow the blatant heresy of Zionism and its so-called "State of
Israel". Repent
and return! G-d and his Torah are waiting for you. Only
in this manner will G-d stop
punishing us. Only with the Jewish people's
collective rejection of Zionism will the tragic
reports of carnage and
terror in the Holy Land cease.
We beseech the Muslim
community not to make the tragic mistake of
equating Judaism with Zionism. You must
know that they are in fact two
extreme opposites. Do not accuse the Jewish people of
being Zionists. Do
not accuse the Jewish people of being your enemies. The fact is that
the
Jewish people commiserate with your suffering. The Jewish people truly
feel your
pain. We are totally embarrassed, horrified, and pained by the
actions of our wayward
brothers. Let us recall our past friendship and
let us work to restore it.
We plead with
the honorable leaders of the great powers to carefully
consider the underlying reasons for
the anger and conflict in the Holy
Land! It is of the utmost urgency that leaders realize and
acknowledge
that the true source of this is the injustice committed to the creation of
a
Zionist State!
We who are loyal to our Torah and the teachings of our authentic
rabbis
throughout history pray and yearn for the speedy and peaceful
dismantling of this
Zionist State of "Israel". We anxiously await the
day of messianic redemption when the
entire world will serve G-d in
brotherhood and harmony.
As the prophet Isaiah says
(11:9):
"For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the L-rd, as waters
cover the
sea."
And as the Psalmist declares that one day all nations will unite in the
service
of G-d (Psalms 102:23):
"when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to
serve the
L-rd."
And finally, as Jews each year on Rosh HaShannah express their
desire
for mankind to recognize the Creator and to worship Him in brotherhood
and
unity
"and they will be joined in one united group to do Your will
wholeheartedly."
Amen.
Presented by Rabbi
Yisroel P. Feldman of Neturei Karta Int.at the rally
hosted by the New England Committee to
Defend Palestine, to protest the
"Boston Celebrates Israel Festival" in Boston, Mass. on
Sunday, June 15,
2003
With God's help may the words that we speak here today
sanctify God's
name and may it bring peace and brotherhood amongst His creations.
A - salaam aleikum
We have come to Boston today to protest the celebration of
the founding
of the blasphemous and heretical Zionist state taking place here.
We
represent Torah true Jews who remain loyal to authentic Judaism, who
know that
the root cause of the conflict and instability plaguing the
Middle East, and hence the entire
world, is the heresy against G d
called Zionism, and the heinous crimes committed in the
name of its
illegitimate "State of Israel".
Zionism! An ideology that is antithetical to
Judaism, one fomented by
unabashed atheists, heretics and even some ostensibly
"religious"
collaborators who have sold their souls to the irreligious Zionists for
money
and power.
The founding of the Zionist state is in direct contradiction to
the
teachings of the Torah, which forbids the establishment of a Jewish
state and
commands Jews to remain in exile until they are released
therefrom by G-d himself, without
any human intervention, at which time
all nations of the world will live together in peace,
and serve their
Creator in unity.
Two thousand years ago, at the time of the
Temple's destruction, the
Jewish people were forbidden by the Creator (Tractate Ketuboth
111a)
To go up en masse to the Holy Land
To rebel against the nations
To in any
way attempt to end the exile
Jews faithful to the Torah are enjoined by the Torah to
conduct
themselves as loyal, upright and grateful citizens in their host
countries
throughout the world.
The Torah commands us to emulate G-d and to be
compassionate. We are
forbidden to unlawfully expropriate land, to subjugate or to
oppress
another people. Therefore we protest and mourn the murder,
deportation,
subjugation, and oppression of the Palestinian people by the
Zionist
hooligans who invaded their homeland, in violation of the Torah, and
have
caused so much needless suffering. The list of their crimes is
endless.
The cause of
the past, current and, G-d forbid, future suffering is the
aforementioned rebellion against
G-d. The tragic and seemingly
intractable conflict in the Middle East is directly attributable
to the
wicked actions of the Zionist regime against the indigenous population
of
Palestine, against whom the Zionists have been waging war for more
than a century. Thus,
the only solution to bring about peace and harmony
is not more war and strife, but rather
regime change in historic
Palestine! The Torah's solution to this dilemma would be for the
world
community to actively work towards the dismantling of the illicit
Zionist regime and
the restoration of full Palestinian sovereignty over
the whole of Palestine. We firmly believe
that such a solution would not
result in Jews being slaughtered indiscriminately by the
Palestinians.
In fact, the very existence of the Zionist state endangers Jewish
lives
because it constitutes an open rebellion against G-d. Only when the
Palestinian
people return to their homeland as a sovereign nation and
only when the scourge of the
racist Zionist occupation has been removed
from the sacred soil of Palestine will Jews and
Arabs once again live in
peace and harmony, as they have done for so many centuries,
prior to the
inception of Zionism some 100 years ago. Only when the
Palestinian
refugees are allowed to return to their native soil will there be peace
in the
Holy Land!
It is a hollow mockery and a desecration of everything sacred to
Judaism
that the Zionist heretics base their specious claims to the Holy Land on
the
Bible, justifying their mass invasion, colonization, expropriation
and displacement of the
native inhabitants of Palestine, who, according
to the Torah, are entitled to sovereignty
over the whole of their native
homeland.
By establishing the "state of Israel", the
Zionists have openly rebelled
against the will of G-d's and the laws of the Torah and
thereby have
caused immense pain and immeasurable suffering to both Jews
and
non-Jews. At occasions like this where people celebrate the
establishment of the
state of "Israel", Torah true Jews lament the
invidious attempts by the Zionists to transform
Judaism from a religion
into a secular, hypernationalistic and fundamentally racist creed
and
their sinister efforts to uproot the Torah's teachings from the
Jewish
people.
We mourn the pernicious effects Zionism has had on the Jewish
people and
the Holy Land, including the ongoing desecration of the Sabbath,
the
introduction of immodest dress, and immoral media into Jewish society,
and a litany
of violations against many of the laws of our faith, not
the least of which is the
commandment to be compassionate toward our
fellow man.
The United Nations
acquiesced to the establishment of the Zionist state
in the aftermath of World War II with
good intentions of providing
assistance and shelter to persecuted Jews. Yet Zionism and
Israel have
been a curse and source of suffering for the Jewish people ever
since!
Where else have so many Jews died since World War II if not in the
Zionist
state? All because of the craven ambition of the Zionists for
power in their brazen defiance
of the teachings and values of Judaism!
Anyone with even the slightest knowledge of
history and current events
knows that the Zionist state has been one of the greatest
tragedies for
the Jewish people, creating conflict with Muslims and Arabs, with
whom
Jews have lived in peace and harmony for many centuries throughout the
world
from Morocco to Iraq, from Casablanca to Baghdad!
Judaism is not Zionism! Judaism is
the faith of the Jewish people in G-d
and His Torah. Zionism is the racist anti-Jewish
ideology of a band of
gangsters who managed to deceive so many Jews into thinking that
only
they can protect Jews from external threats to their existence. These
criminals are
known to have actively encouraged anti-Jewish feeling
throughout the world in order to
compel Jews to immigrate to the Zionist
state as a safe haven. Need we remind ourselves
of what the Zionists did
to fool Jews in Yemen, Iraq and Egypt into moving to their state
by
planting bombs in synagogues, assassinating innocent Jews and
beguiling
G-d-fearing Jews with their false proclamations that the Messianic era
had
arrived and that the promised ingathering of the exiles had begun?
Anti-Jewish
prejudice is the lifeblood of Zionism! Without it, Zionism
could not survive! Zionism seeks to
label anyone opposing its policies
as "anti-Semitic," which is utterly false, both logically and
factually!
We implore the Jewish people to return to G-d and His Torah, to
totally
disavow the blatant heresy of Zionism and its so-called "State of
Israel". Repent
and return! G-d and his Torah are waiting for you. Only
in this manner will G-d stop
punishing us. Only with the Jewish people's
collective rejection of Zionism will the tragic
reports of carnage and
terror in the Holy Land cease.
We beseech the Muslim
community not to make the tragic mistake of
equating Judaism with Zionism. You must
know that they are in fact two
extreme opposites. Do not accuse the Jewish people of
being Zionists. Do
not accuse the Jewish people of being your enemies. The fact is that
the
Jewish people commiserate with your suffering. The Jewish people truly
feel your
pain. We are totally embarrassed, horrified, and pained by the
actions of our wayward
brothers. Let us recall our past friendship and
let us work to restore it.
We plead with
the honorable leaders of the great powers to carefully
consider the underlying reasons for
the anger and conflict in the Holy
Land! It is of the utmost urgency that leaders realize and
acknowledge
that the true source of this is the injustice committed to the creation of
a
Zionist State!
We who are loyal to our Torah and the teachings of our authentic
rabbis
throughout history pray and yearn for the speedy and peaceful
dismantling of this
Zionist State of "Israel". We anxiously await the
day of messianic redemption when the
entire world will serve G-d in
brotherhood and harmony.
As the prophet Isaiah says
(11:9):
"For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the L-rd, as waters
cover the
sea."
And as the Psalmist declares that one day all nations will unite in the
service
of G-d (Psalms 102:23):
"when the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to
serve the
L-rd."
And finally, as Jews each year on Rosh HaShannah express their
desire
for mankind to recognize the Creator and to worship Him in brotherhood
and
unity
"and they will be joined in one united group to do Your will
wholeheartedly."
Amen.