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'''Neturi Karta''' ([[Aramaic]]: '''נתורי קרתא'''; lit. ''guards of the gate'') is an anti-[[Zionism|Zionist]] sect of ultra-orthodox [[Jew]]s. They believe that Zionism is demonic<ref>http://www.adl.org/Israel/israel_protest_calendar_groups.asp#26</ref>.  They support the destruction of [[Israel]] on the basis that only [[God]] can set up the Israeli state, through the [[Messiah]].  The Rabbis of Neturi Karta publicly support [[Iran|Iranian]] president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], who has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map".  They also back his claim that the Zionist Jews exploit the [[Holocaust]]<ref>http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=19043</ref>.  They cheer for [[Palestine|Palestinian]] suicide bombers and burn Israeli flags on a regular basis.  Recently, one of their [[synagogue]]s in [[New York City]] was burned.  They claim it was a terrorist attack and a hate crime, but officials suspect it was accidental<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,263520,00.html</ref>.  In March, one of their Rabbis was beaten in [[Poland]] by two Polish Jews<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258827,00.html</ref>.

'''Neturi Karta''' ([[Aramaic]]: '''נתורי קרתא'''; lit. ''guards of the gate'') is an anti-[[Zionism|Zionist]] alliance of Orthodox anti-Zionist religious groups in Jerusalem. Thgey are devout Jews who above all they fear that the ancient identity of the Jews as a 'chosen people' would be substituted by an Israeli national identity; they believe that the establishment of a Jewish state is contrary to the teachings of the Torah.

 

They support the destruction of [[Israel]] on the basis that only God can set up the Israeli state, through the Messiah.  The Rabbis of Neturi Karta publicly support Iranian president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]], who has called for Israel to be "wiped off the map".  They also back his claim that the Zionist Jews exploit the [[Holocaust]]<ref>http://english.aljazeera.net/English/archive/archive?ArchiveId=19043</ref>.  They cheer for [[Palestine|Palestinian]] suicide bombers and burn Israeli flags on a regular basis.  Recently, one of their synagogues in New York City was burned.  They claim it was a terrorist attack and a hate crime, but officials suspect it was accidental<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,263520,00.html</ref>.  In March, one of their Rabbis was beaten in [[Poland]] by two Polish Jews<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258827,00.html</ref>.

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