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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger (File) Last update - 16:14 05/02/2008 Haredi sect brands Chief Rabbi Metzger 'Zionist stooge,' wicked By Saul Sadka Tags: Israel, Metzger, anti-Zionist  The strongly anti-Zionist Neturei Karta sect of ultra-Orthodox Jews has attacked Ashkennazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger as a "very well paid Zionist stooge" and a "a wicked emissary of evil" who should be expelled from Israel, following Metzger's reported comments proposing that poor Gazans be moved to a Palestinian state established in the Sinai. The statements, reported in Haaretz last week, spurred an angrily worded response from Neturei Karta, which has often taken vocally pro-Palestinian stances against Israel. Advertisement Denouncing Metzger's Sinai proposal, the group refered to him as the "so-called Chief Rabbi of the so-called State of Israel" and as a "very well paid Zionist stooge". Referring to Zionism as an "idolatrous cult," Neturei Karta called for Metzger to "removed from the Holy Land," describing him as "a wicked emissary of evil". Metzger had said that his plan would be to "take all the poor people from Gaza to move them to a wonderful new modern country with trains buses cars, like in Arizona - we are now in a generation where you can take a desert and build a city. This will be a solution for the poor people - they will have a nice county, and we shall have our country and we shall live in peace." Intervoewed by the British weekly The Jewish News, the chief rabbi also said that while peaceable Muslims should be allowed to pray in Jerusalem mosques, they should recognize that Jerusalem belongs to the Jews. Muslims have Mecca and Medina, he was quoted as saying, adding that "you don't need a third place." Neturei Karta, an ultra orthodox fringe group whose name means "Guardians of the City", is a virulently anti-Zionist group known for its public displays of hostility towards Israel and Zionism. Estimates of its size range from a few hundred to a few thousand members. Most of the group's members live in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh, with smaller communities in London and New York. In December 2006, some radical members of the group caused controversy by attending the Iranian Holocaust revisionism conference in Tehran alongside neo-Nazis and holocaust deniers. Related articles: Report: Chief Rabbi says move Gazans to a Palestine in Sinai W. Bank rabbi, Palestinian reporter present PM, Hamas draft truce More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   Get a job The Interior Minister tells the ultra-Orthodox to find work and enlist in the IDF. Trapped in Gaza An Irish woman and her daughter are stuck in Gaza after Egypt seals the border.   1.   Metzger the Rascal 16:33  |  Marty 05/02/08   2.   THANK YOU!L: Zionism IS an idolatrous cult 16:38  |  FINALLY 05/02/08   3.   Judiasm will survive Zionism 16:39  |  El-Birawi 05/02/08   4.   What are they doing here! 16:40  |  Ros 05/02/08   5.   zionazis are doomed 16:56  |  . 05/02/08   6.   What would Israelis call this outbreak? 17:14  |  James Rassouk 05/02/08   7.   And this deserves coverage, why? 17:26  |  Jacob Blues 05/02/08   8.   zionism 17:58  |  King David 05/02/08   9.   The Rav`s need to learn a little physics... 18:18  |  YYBA 05/02/08   10.   King David 18:52  |  MAN 05/02/08   11.   this is tricky but are they receiving money from the state? I hop 19:30  |  ralph 05/02/08   12.   They are not Haredi but street hoodlums 19:50  |  Robin Hood 05/02/08   13.   NK? Worst Group Of Jewish Anti Semites On The Planet 19:55  |  Norman F Birnberg 05/02/08   14.   King David 20:17  |  dovale 05/02/08   15.   MAN speaks the truth 20:17  |  hollingsworth 05/02/08   16.   to Man #3 20:19  |  dovale 05/02/08   17.   #13 Birnbeg 20:25  |  Boycott 05/02/08   18.   A MODERN METROPOLIS IN SINAI 20:27  |  Simon 05/02/08   19.   correction 20:29  |  Samuel 05/02/08   20.   To hollingsworth 20:30  |  dovale 05/02/08   21.   #16 dovale 20:34  |  Boycott 05/02/08   22.   naturei karta for freedom and peace for palestine 20:35  |  sev 05/02/08   23.   naturei karta for freedom and peace for palestine 20:35  |  sev 05/02/08   24.   The Land Of Israel 20:44  |  Norman F Birnberg 05/02/08   25.   Hot Crazy on Crazy action!! 21:35  |  Darkdementia 05/02/08   26.   The Land of Palestine 21:38  |  Lev Bronstein 05/02/08   27.   Neturei Karta=Hamas=Fanatics 21:47  |  Liberal Teacher 05/02/08   28.   norman says a mouthful 22:02  |  hollingsworth 05/02/08   29.   The good rabbi wants jerusalem! 22:21  |  lakshmi 05/02/08   30.   Metzger Sounds Like and Idiot 22:23  |  MIKE 05/02/08   31.   Naturei Karta are anti-Semites 22:54  |  Slibovitz 05/02/08   32.   "Zionist stooge" 23:20  |  Joe Hill 05/02/08   33.   Ha`aretz and Neturei Karta- the perfect partners 23:44  |  Jon 05/02/08   34.   Neturei Karta - if only all religious Jews were like you... 23:45  |  Chanalau, Tova 05/02/08   35.   this group of 12 century fools must be removed from israel who ca 23:47  |  ralph 05/02/08   36.   NK: a bunch of LOONS 00:10  |  Yossi 06/02/08   37.   slibovitz, I have read the Bible 00:26  |  hollingsworth 06/02/08   38.   Re: Naturei Karta Are Anti-Semites 00:58  |  Norman F Birnberg 06/02/08   39.   The Answer For The World 01:06  |  Yechiel Christ 06/02/08   40.   lakshimi -- denying reality daily 01:37  |  bbl 06/02/08   41.   Merely parroting the Meretz line 02:06  |  Binyamin Dissen 06/02/08   42.   Neturei Karta is just a sect of satan worshippers and recognized 02:10  |  Moshe 06/02/08   43.   #29 Lakshmi - Wanting Jerusalem 02:12  |  a 06/02/08   44.   NK and secular leftists Both call to `Rape` 02:25  |  Joseph . E 06/02/08   45.   More Reasons Why The NK Are Wrong 07:26  |  Norman F Birnberg 06/02/08   46.   to chanalau, tova 11:36  |  eli 06/02/08   47.   The internal threat to Israel 16:26  |  Menachem 06/02/08   48.   Satan worshippers, huh? 18:20  |  hollingsworth 06/02/08   49.   Beyond the pale 23:41  |  Sherlock Holmes 06/02/08

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