נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"<a href="https://babka.social/tags/NetureiKarta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetureiKarta</span></a>, which has been estimated at around 100 members, has been doctrinally <a href="https://babka.social/tags/antiZionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antiZionist</span></a> since long before <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hamas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hamas</span></a>’ <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Oct7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oct7</span></a>, 2023 attack that launched the war in <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a>. While anti-<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Zionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionist</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> groups have reported significant growth since the beginning of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> war, according to surveys, most American <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> feel an attachment to <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> even as many disapprove of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Israeli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israeli</span></a> government policy.</p><p>Other, much larger <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hasidic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hasidic</span></a> movements eschew <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Zionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionism</span></a>, but Neturei Karta is unique in consistently showing up to protest Israel and adopting the language and symbols of pro-<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Palestinian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinian</span></a> activism.</p><p>The group’s leadership has met multiple times with the leaders of <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>, an <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Islamic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islamic</span></a> theocracy and Israel’s chief regional adversary, including former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who denied the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a>. The group faced particular backlash, as well as condemnation from <a href="https://babka.social/tags/haredi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haredi</span></a> leaders, in 2007 for appearing at an <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Iranian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iranian</span></a> conference centered on Holocaust denial.”</p><p><a href="https://www.jta.org/2025/05/30/ny/humans-of-new-york-features-a-jewish-anti-zionist-member-of-neturei-karta-the-comments-section-erupts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jta.org/2025/05/30/ny/humans-o</span><span class="invisible">f-new-york-features-a-jewish-anti-zionist-member-of-neturei-karta-the-comments-section-erupts</span></a></p>