Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Man Confronts Trump: ‘Destroy Israel Totally — It’s the Number One Danger to Jews’
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WASHINGTON — In a striking and rare public confrontation, a Neturei Karta member—a fringe anti-Zionist ultra-Orthodox Jewish group—confronted former President Donald Trump, declaring that “if he wants to help Jews… the help is to destroy Israel totally.”
The man, identifiable as a member of the radical anti-Zionist Neturei Karta sect, accused the State of Israel of being “not a Jewish state” and “the number one danger to Jews and the world.”
“If he wants to help Jews… the help is to destroy Israel totally. Israel is not a Jewish state, but rather the number one danger to Jews and the world.”
— Neturei Karta activist
Neturei Karta has long been at odds with mainstream Jewish and Zionist organizations, believing that a Jewish state cannot exist before the coming of the Messiah. The group has a long history of aligning with Palestinian leaders and has praised terrorists, and it has faced widespread condemnation from the mainstream Jewish community for its extremist views.
The sect is politically active and claims loyalty only to “Almighty God in Heaven,” not the State of Israel.
Trump has not responded to the specific challenge. The former president has claimed to be “the best friend Israel has ever had in the White House” and has aggressively warned Iran against threatening the Jewish state.
The confrontation underlined that even within the ultra-Orthodox community—which forms a key part of the Israeli conservative political base—there are small pockets of radical opposition to the Jewish state’s very existence.
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