Interesting article by Julian Kossoff, a former journo with the Jewish Chronicle, in today's Daily Telegraph blog Salient point of Orthodox Haredi Jews opposed to Zionism here:
Dubbed the Israeli Putin,[Avigdor Lieberman] the Molodvan-born former bouncer and has set a collision course with the other "ultras" of Israeli society.
The "no loyalty, no citizenship" policy threatens to challenge the grudging status quo which has allowed to the Haredi community to thrive in Israel, reaping generous state subsides for their social welfare and educational network, despite the fact that many in their ranks veer from ambiguous to outright hostility towards the concept of the state that funds them.
Many of the 'black hats' believe Zionism to be a secularist aberration which has hijacked Judaism; that to reinvent the Jewish nation in the Holy Land prior to the return of the Messiah is downright heresy.
Just like Israel's Arabs, most members of the ultra-Orthodox community don't serve in the army. Yisrael Beiteinu thus questions their loyalty and right to citizenship.
Here are a people we rarely hear about on TV or radio, Jews who are opposed to the secular and racist ideology of Zionism Do not blame 'the Jews' for what is going on in Gaza. The whole Israeli problem was precipitated by Zionists:
TRADITIONAL JEWS ARE NOT ZIONISTS Although there are those who refuse to accept the teachings of the Rabbis and will continue to support the Zionist state, there are also many who are totally unaware of the history of Zionism and its contradiction to the beliefs of Torah-True Jews.
Contrary to common perception, Jewish anti-Zionism is not restricted exclusively to the well know Jewish anti-Zionist movements such as Satmar and Neturei Karta.
There are in fact many Jewish movements, groups and organizations whose ideology regarding Zionism and the so-called "State of Israel" is that of the unadulterated Torah position that any form of Zionism is heresy and that the existence of the so-called "State of Israel" is illegitimate.
No one has had to create any antagonism between our Torah and Zionism because such antagonism exists by virtue of the essence of Judaism itself, which can never tolerate the heresy of Zionism.
Zionism is wrong from the Torah viewpoint, not because many of its adherents are lax in practice or even anti-religious, but because its fundamental principle conflicts with the Torah.
Here's a video of religous and anti-Zionist Jews.
This is a powerful video of Jewish UK MP Gerald Kaufman speaking to the British parliament on Jan 16th, 2009. Sir Gerald, who was brought up as an orthodox Jew and Zionist, said: "My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town a German soldier shot her dead in her bed.
"My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza. The present Israeli government ruthlessly and cynically exploits the continuing guilt from gentiles over the slaughter of Jews in the Holocaust as justification for their murder of Palestinians."
I disagree with one line by Mr Kaufman. He said "Israel was born out of Jewish Terrorism". This is wrong, not all Jews are Israeli. Not all Jews are Zionists. Many Jews are anti-Zionist. It must be corrected thus: "Israel was born out of Zionist Terrorism"
Today, Episcopal Conferences called for an end to violence in the Holy Land.
Holy Land religious leaders condemn Christian Zionism as false, a corrupting influence
JERUSALEM (Catholic Online) – Christian Zionism is a false and extreme theological and political philosophy that is has become a corrupting influence in the politics of Israel and the United States, said a Catholic patriarch and three other religious leaders here, urging Christians churches to break their silence. 8/31/2006
There are many articles on the net taking Christian Zionism to task: here,herehere
Christian Zionists are the false friends of Israel.
