נָטוֹרֵי קַרְתָּא | |
![]() Members of Neturei Karta at a pro-Palestinian rally in the United Kingdom, 2005 | |
Formation | 1938 |
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Founded at | Jerusalem, British Mandate for Palestine |
Type | INGO |
Purpose | Anti-Zionism |
Origins | Agudat Yisrael |
Region | Worldwide |
Membership | 1000-2000 (estimated c. 2007) |
Spokesman | Yisroel Dovid Weiss |
Key people | Moshe Ber Beck (d. 2021)[1] |
Affiliations | Haredi Judaism |
Website | https://www.nkusa.org/ |
Neturei Karta (Aramaic: נָטוֹרֵי קַרְתָּא nāṭōrē qartāʾ, lit. 'Guardians of the City') is a Haredi Jewish group.
Founded in Jerusalem in 1937 by Amram Blau and Aharon Katzenelbogen, Neturei Karta was formed as an offshoot of the Aguda movement. Aguda, representing the most devout of the Haredi Jewish community in the Old Yishuv, was opposed to the secular orientation and nationalism of political Zionism, which the religiously devout members of Aguda believed represented a threat to their way of life and was a rejection of Torah law. However, Blau and Neturei Karta disagreed with Aguda's accommodationist stance to Zionism in the 1930s in response to European antisemtism.
Neturei Karta believes that the Messiah will usher in a Jewish theocracy to rule over the Land of Israel. The messiah will bring about the resurrection of the dead, the ingathering of the exiles, and a complete return to Torah law. The group, numbering in the low thousands, does not recognize the modern State of Israel, and since the 1960s has pursued relationships with entities who seek the destruction of Israel, such as allies in the Arab world and Iran. It does not support an independent Palestinian state.
The group's views are considered fringe, even within Haredi Jewish circles.[2] Particularly, Neturei Karta relationships with Iran and its attendance at the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust drew condemnation from other Orthodox Jewish movements.
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