Neturei Karta statement at the Open Shuhada Street demonstration in Hebron

Members of Neturei Karta from Jerusalem attended an annual Palestinian rally that took place on Friday, February 22, 2019, on the streets in Hebron to commemorate the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, which took place on February 25, 1994, when a US-born Israeli settler named Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinian worshipers in the Ibrahimi Mosque [Cave of the Patriarchs], killing 29 and wounding more than 100. The Israelis ordered more than 500 businesses to close overnight, and subsequently, the Shuhada Street in Hebron’s historic Old City was closed. The protesters demand to open the Shuhada Street, that has been closed for Palestinians since the massacre. One of the Neturei Karta participants said:” We are here because of our opposition to the state of Israel and to Zionism. Judaism and Zionism are different. Judaism is religion, Zionism is nationalism, and there is no connection between the two. The Jewish people should stand against Zionists and everything they are doing against Palestinians. This is against Judaism. It’s forbidden to take from people, to steal, to kill.” Text of statement delivered by a representative of Neturei Karta to the members of the press at the Open Shuhada Street demonstration in Hebron, on Friday, February 22, 2019 Salam Aleikum. We are participating here today in a protest against the criminal Zionist government, who have closed off Shuhada Street to our Palestinian brothers. The criminal Zionists are constantly carrying out in the land of Palestine murderous actions, oppression, and theft against our Palestinian brothers. The occupation is theft under the clear blue sky, and is against the Torah. We declare: The Zionists have no right to the land of Palestine. The Zionists don’t represent the Jewish people. The Zionists falsely use the name of Judaism. The Zionists are actually the enemies of Judaism. Masses of Jews all over Palestine are opposed to the Zionist regime. Zionism is anti-Jewish; opposition to Zionism is not anti-Semitism. The real anti-Semites are the Zionist criminals. We demand the opening of Shuhada Street! Free Palestine from the river to the sea! Al-Quds is the capital of Palestine! With the help of the Almighty.