Anti-Zionist event planned today in Kiryas Joel

[mdmc]

Kiryas Joel — Satmar Hasidim are expected to gather today for a protest against the state of Israel, which they believe exists in defiance of ancient religious laws.
http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080321/NEWS/80320052/-1/NEWS

[LeftishBrit]

1. Oh well - I suppose every religion has its nutcases.

[mdmc]

3. KJ voting block decides elections in my county

They are very well connected in my area.

[oberliner]

4. Would that be Orange County?

They actually decide elections there? Are the numbers that large?

[mdmc]

6. yup

they all get out to vote. and vote in a block. they all always vote.

[sabbat hunter]

2. a couple of them

protest every year at the NYC israel independence day.

[aranthus]

5. So What?

With respect to their beliefs, this micro sect has no right to speak for me or the majority of Jews (they don't pretend to), nor is it intellectually honest to parade their protests as some kind of justification or support for traditional anti-Zionism (as some do), which has a different intellectual foundation, says something completely different about Zionism, and has a totally different (and hostile) position toward Jews in general.

[Vegasaurus]

7. Absolutely right

Anti-semites and Israel-haters love this kind of nonsense, because they think it is supportive of their "cause".

[oberliner]

8. There seems to be a diverse intersection of ideologues supporting the notion of "Anti-Zionism"

Very weird to see fundamentalist Jews, virulent anti-semites, and progressive champions of human rights all on the same side.

Strange bedfellows indeed.