Anti-Zionist Jews to Protest Israeli Brutality

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Aug 20, 2013, 01:53 ET

NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, August 21, at 1 PM, Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews, organized by Neturei Karta International, will demonstrate in front of the Israeli consulate at 800 Second Avenue, NYC to protest current Zionist brutality against religious Jews in the Holy Land.

Anti-Zionist Jews in the Holy Land have held a series of protests against the construction of a housing project over an ancient cemetery in Beis Shemesh, a city near Jerusalem. The protests have come to a tragic and bloody ending.

Bulldozers are now destroying the entire cemetery. As of today, 327 ancient burial caves have been desecrated. Such disrespect for a cemetery would not be tolerated by any other nation.

Protests began on August 12 with 3000 Jews in attendance. When three bulldozers arrived, the protestors threw themselves on the burial caves, kissed the soil and refused to move. Of course, none of the protestors were armed.

Riot police attacked the protestors, beating them mercilessly. Many had to be treated for their wounds. 29 people were arrested.

On Aug. 14, a protest was led by Rabbi Reuven Merzbach, a leader of Neturei Karta of Jerusalem. A lawyer was present to record any human rights violation. When the tractors left, Rabbi Merzbach's son entered the site to survey the damage. Suddenly, a security guard arrived riding on a four-wheeled off-road vehicle and ran him over twice. He is now critically injured and hospitalized.

Aug. 15, more bulldozers arrived, hundreds of protestors were there, and over 20 were arrested.

For decades, Jews have protested the existence of the State of Israel and its many violations of Jewish law. The Torah forbids a sovereign state for Jews in exile. Furthermore, Jews are forbidden to fight or oppress any nations.

Judaism teaches that the soul is eternal and we must respect it. The Zionists' disrespect for graves and their murderous treatment of those who stand up for their preservation reveals how estranged they are from Judaism and the Jewish people. Just as they deny the Jewish belief in exile, so too they deny the eternality of the soul. Digging up graves shows a lack of fear of the Almighty, immorality and insensitivity to the human race.

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SOURCE Neturei Karta International