Belgium – Citing environmental laws, a Jewish resident of Antwerp is considering filing charges against a group of Satmar chasidim who burned an Israeli flag after a Lag B’Omer bonfire last Thursday.
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According to reports in Belgian news source Joods Actueel, a neighbor took photos of the flag burning which took place at the Satmar synagogue located on Jacob Jacobstraat. According to Belgian law, burning a sheet or a cloth without a permit is a punishable offense, even when done on private property.
Anti zionistic demonstrations by Jews are rare in Belgium and the exclusion of a Neturei Karta member from a synagogue in Antwerp two years ago was a source of controversy.
“In Judaism there is no room for hatred,” said David Terry, general manager of the Jewish News. “Do these people forget that Jews were burned in Auschwitz? We must always strive for reconciliation, not this kind of malice.”
Why can’t these idiots understand we are in golus and to conduct ourselves like depraved bigots and zealots only helps to retain their stereotypes of Jews. I think these Neturei Kartas feel too comfortable and chas vesholom an awakening will come in the worst way. Let them be charged and see that wild behavior has severe consequences
Kol Hakavod to the brave Yid who is pressing charges against this Chilul Jashem. What a disgusting display of depravity. What can one expect from a group that is making a fool of themselves fighting between brothers over a cemetary of all things and of summer camps in Ultster County. The Chesed Satmar does with regard to Bikor Cholim DOES NOT GIVE THEM LICENSE TO BURN ISRAELI FLAGS.
Its about time someone does something about those lunatics who don’t have better what to do with their time, they’ll do more good if they sit and learn
satmar does not hate zionist people, they hate zionism because they believe that it causes antisemitism.
This is so stupid. They are being charged on “environmental” (note the word “mental” in that word!) laws, which shows how stupid this is.
Someone should tell Mr Terry to get off the Holocaust horse as PROPORTIONATELY there were more chasidim killed than of his kind.
Oh great!! Should satmar (neturei karta) learn a lesson hope they’ll get a fine or someone should get arrested!!! It’s not a Hefker velt…
Don’t they know that they are hated in Belgium as are most Jews
They should be careful they might have to run to that terrible place
Thank g-d that we have a place to go if needed 60000000 of our brothers. And sister didn’t have a place and look what happened you may not agree with the medina but to put in down and burn the flag in public shame on you
The Holocaust does not justify breaking Torah with zionism
Freedom of expression is a demacrecy, no mater if you agree or not, if satmer want to burn the israeli flag so be it.
Big deal they made a lag bomer fire, and at the end someone thru in a flag,
Not worthed to make a big deal out of it!
I’d rather make a big deal when israili police throws a chusid into jail for No good reason!!
it starts with the burning of Israel Flag and what will be next??/ these idiots need to be brought to justice once and for all.. itsa BIG chiluull hashem that will hurt all yiden
The biggest chilul hashem is what the Israelis make.now this yiden in Belgium are making a chilul hashem .do you know who’s name they are mechalel ? The Medina’s Yisroels name and they are mekadesh Shemaya shoomayim
The Kotzker said “If I am me because you are you, and you are you because I am me, then I am not me and you are not you. But if I am me because I am me, and you are you because you are you, then I am me and you are you.
The whole existence of this anti Israel group is centered around being anti-zionist. Its a rallying call for their hooligan youth. Why not teach them to be honest with themselves. Love fellow Yidden. How could they even think of aligning with the biggest sonei Yisroel of our generation. Are they blind to the damage they can do to the safety of ehrliche yidden in the whole world. The goyim don’t understand the difference between Israel and jews.
Besides which, what Zionism is left to fight? The government that evacuated jews from Gaza killed the zionist movement. Israel is just a country of jews. Come to Israel and show the irreligious that the way of Toroh is Noam.
To #5 . Believe what you want, but don’t change history.
Jewry in Lithuania and environs (very few chassidim there), Germany, Ukraine and others were completely decimated. Lithuanian Jewry was almost wiped out 100%.
Hungary (where Satmar comes from) suffered “PROPORTIONATELY” much less.
This is why Chassidic customs have so overwhelmed general Orthodox customs.
Examples of such chassidic customs that after the war were adopted by the few remaining “Litvisha”, “Yekes”, and others include haircuts at the age of 3, fires on Lag B’omer, long payos, black hats, etc.
To say that “PROPORTIONATELY there were more chasidim killed than of his kind” is sheer ignorance!
When you burn an Israeli flag, that is a hate crime! It is so painful to watch a Jewish person burn an Israeli flag in a European country. We are hating ourselves!!! We don’t have enough Europeans hating us? Have we lost our collective minds? To me, the Israeli flag stands for safety and a haven for Jews everywhere.
Are these hate-filled, flag burning people going to come to your rescue should you find yourselves in trouble?
& when they burning a palastina flag thay are aloud? A bunch of babies
As disgusting and tasteless as it is, the man who wants to rat them out is adding fuel to the fire. The world will never suffer a shortage of fools, but to bring worldwide attention to them doesn’t help us a whit.
Nut jobs!!! This wasn’t the way of that satmar rav reb yoilish, when the satmer buchurim were dancing at reb Itche meir levin’s passing the rebbe was upset and called them “tipshim” . Its a shame what so called “chasidim” have become , instead of. Being a light unto the nations they have become looked down upon, as a dirty parasitic selfish people r”l, these people have lost their way completely , and lo and behold they really think they are the real jews that hashem loves,
It does not sound like Satmar Chassidim but Neutri Karta
How is burning a flag from Israel a chilul hashem what do they have with Hashem besides torturing his followers?
what a terrible chilul hashem.is this how they want their children to grow up?hating their fellow jew?this is exactly what brought tisha baav.sinas chinum.there arent enough jew haters,so we must hate our own?
There is one thing I never understand. Most people here hate these people (Satmar or NK) because of what they’re doing – burning a flag.. First of all – why again is that a Chillul Hashem? What exactly does a flag has in common with Hashem?
But you scream: Why all the hatred? You should “LOVE EVERY FELLOW JEW”. So you call the Zionist, who are not observing anything of the Torah, none of the TARYAG MITZVOS, eating pork and on Yom Kippur, eating Chametz on Pesach, Marry each other without the required halachas, no TAHARAS HAMISHPACHA, etc. etc. yeah, you call them FELLOW JEWS, and everybody’s gotta LOVE THEM.
On the other hand, we have thousand of EHRLICHA YIDEN, who try to observe everything from our Holy Torah, and adding even more Chumros, but they do have (supposedly) one big Aveira, burning a Israeli flag. And OMG – all of a suddon, no more love, hate is in the air, they should arrest them, they should teach them a lesson… What’s the difference? Aren’t they fellow Jews as well??
Especially that they are brought up that this is not an Aveira, But rather a big Mitzvah, and Hashem loves them when they do it. Why should the NOT do it?