What do Israelis think of Satmar Jews? Also what do they think of the Neturei Karta? ?

Answer 1

We just gotta be tolerant. They're entitled to have their opinions.It's always difficult with people whom you feel so different from. They're just another group. Gotta deal with it.

Answer 2

I'm not israeli, however I have satmar friends who are very nice people and they don't like to be compared or associated with Neturei Karta. Last year, when NK members joined a prayer vigil for Yasser Arafat's health, the group was condemned by many Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish organizations, including Satmar. Also, the Satmar Rebbe, Reb Yoilish, was against NK's modus operandi.

Answer 3

It is strange to see nobody answers this question. . . . I want to answer it; however, my answer won’t be so relevant because I am not Israeli. . .

The Satmar Hasidim's opposition to Zionism has at times led to comparisons and confusion with the small and controversial Haredi activist group known as Neturei Karta. While there are ideological similarities between the two groups, they have significantly different historical backgrounds. Satmar's views, as formulated and espoused by Rabbe Joel Teitelbaum, were essentially continuations of earlier dynastical teachings about Judaism and the modern world, and are presently maintained by later generations of the Teitelbaum family; keeping the movement's ideology directly in sync with the dynastic hierarchy. By contrast, Neturei Karta, formally created in 1935, was the result of several small and partially ad-hoc coalitions between various groups of marginalized anti-Zionist, mostly non-Hasidic, Haredi Jews living in Palestine in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

While Rabbe Joel Teitelbaum originally supported Neturei Karta's activities in the 1940s and 50s, as led by the late Rabbi Amram Blau, this alliance seems to have long since been annulled. While some members of Neturei Karta may also claim to be Satmar Hasidim (or profess loyalty to Satmar and its ideals), Satmar is not affiliated with Neturei Karta, and, unlike the latter, does not support the PLO. When the Satmar Rebbe was asked in the early 1970s if he would meet with PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat he said, "I do not meet with murderers." Satmar joined many other Hasidic courts in strongly condemning Neturei Karta in April 2002, and again in November 2004, following a large prayer vigil held by the group for Yasser Arafat.

I know that does not answer your question, so go to this website http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,846993,00.html you might find an answer there. . . . :-)))

Answer 4

Not sure they think much of Satmars.

Neturei Karta, though, are thought of as traitors.
The reason being that, even if you do not agree with a 'family' member, you do not support those who would murder them for their view. In this case it is viewed especially harshly as the Palestinians would gladly kill them after they have served their purpose in attacking Israel.

Answer 5

Which Israelis? Most Israelis don't think about either group much at all...except when a leader of one or the other makes a stupid comment. At that point, most Israelis think, "What a stupid comment!!"

Answer 6

I definitely agree with what only human says,
and also it doesn't mater what they think we are all Jews and must stand together now more than ever.





ISRAEL FOREVER

Answer 7

I can't say from experience, but they probably either laugh at them, consider them traitors, or a mix of the two.