Washington – Atra Kadisha and other haredi groups will be holding a demonstration in Washington today to demand of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that he “stop archeological excavations and construction in the Holy Land that is desecrating ancient Jewish cemeteries in gross violation of Jewish law.”
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A statement released by the group, which dedicates itself protecting Jewish cemeteries, also denounced “the Israeli police’s beatings of peaceful demonstrators protesting the clearing of five ancient cemeteries and continued action to empty a cemetery in Jaffa in order to build a hotel.”
Rabbi Lazar Stern, a spokesman for Atra Kadisha, said the group planned to protest outside the White House, and to deliver petitions to the Israeli Embassy.
Aiding Atra Kadisha in organizing the demonstration is the Central Rabbinical Congress of the US and Canada (CRC), a consortium of anti-Zionist haredi groups founded by the Satmar Hassidim, who will also be participating the rally.
While Atra Kadisha and the Israel Antiquities Authority by and large maintain a working relationship when collaborating on digs in Israel, Satmar has no such rapport with the Zionist state, and in a fiery announcement in the Satmar newspaper Der Yid called to join the demonstration “for our holy Torah and our pure faith.”
Declaring the Israeli government an “infidel regime,” the announcement under the CRC banner explains that the state destroyed ancient cemeteries in Ashkelon – a reference to graves moved to build the reinforced emergency room for Barzilai Hospital – and “disgracefully discarded holy bones.”
“Seeing that their evil scheme succeeded,” the announcement continued, “they began unrooting a Talmud-era cemetery in Jaffa” while “viciously beating” those who came to protest, imprisoning hundreds of them, including rabbis and scholars.
“Their hand is still outstretched to uproot a burial cave in Nazareth,” the announcement said.
Hence there lies a great duty on each and every one to “go to war against the criminals and rebels in the King’s courtyard, the heretic regime that decided to occupy the remainder of Israel” in the Tuesday demonstration against Netanyahu, which will also be an opportunity to announce to the world “that we have no part with the Zionist State, whose entire existence is in contradiction to our holy Torah.”
The announcement is signed by many rabbis, first and foremost Rabbi Yekutiel Yehuda (Zalman Leib) Teitelbaum, one of the two Satmar rebbes, who leads the Williamsburg court.
Similar demonstrations were recently conducted around North America in protest over the digs in Israel. The organizers of Tuesday’s event hope for a turnout of at least 2,500.
On Monday night, hundreds of members of the Eida Haredit held a demonstration at Ben- Gurion Airport, from where Netanyahu was set to take off for the US. Demonstrators held signs calling the premier a “cannibal leader” and demanding he cease disturbing ancient graves.
Buses Leaving Kiryas Joel to The March From NY to DC
דער היסטארישער “וואשינגטאן דעמאנסטראציע” וועט זיך אי”ה אנהייבן אום 12:30 מיטאג פארנט פון די איזראעלישע אמבעסי אין וואשינגטאן די.סי., וואו דער גאנצער ציבור וועט זיך דארט פארזאמלען אויסצושרייען א קול מחאה, און די עסקני וחשובי העדה וועלן ארויפגיין צום אמבאסאדער אויף א פון-פאראויס-באשטימטע אפוינטמענט, איבערצוגעבן די פעטיציעס מיט צענדליגער טויזנטער אונטערשריפטן מיט כלל ישראל’ס מעסעדש.
I am on my way from upstate ny i have about 15 people in my van !
Hope the protesters will have signs to release Gilad Shalit so that he will not become another ‘burial problem’. where is there sechel?
bunch of idiods.
Israel has enough problems with the White House. Why would you make more problems for him?
BB is there on pikuach nefesh – the demonstrators should stay home.
When the romans surrounded Jerusalem before its destruction there were many factions with many beliefs of what to do, which side to take, whether to accept the roman occupation or fight.
If the zealots would have remained silent and we would have at least pretended to get along with each other so the romans would have seen a united nation of jews, then maybe we wouldn’t have suffered so much.
Instead they lead an insurrection during which complete chaos arose, they murdered anyone who wasn’t against the romans and then burned the grain which lead to starvation and an easy win for the romans. Then many, many thousands of jews died.
Why can’t we learn our lesson from history already? This is madness!
Now I’m waiting to see all u true zionists her saying what a chilul hashem they r making, but nothing against the digging of graves of our sages, we were successful in stopping it in europe by several countries but not in israel but that’s no chilul hashem b/c u have to support the state of israel at any cost
How come they can’t mention Pollard and Shalit?
He has enough problems? Maybe this what causes him all this problems? Do u believe in g-d? Do u believe that g-d punishes for doing evil? Maybe go to ur favorite pm and gice him some piece of mind
mee kaemchoh yisroel!!! even its over 100° they stay outside and cry for the chilel hashem and ratzicha from this oicher yisroel.
Wasn’t Satmar’s participation canceled because of the death of the rebbetzin??
Maybe things would work out better for the isreali govt.if they would adhere to the commandments of our torah and treat their religous brtothers with love sensitivity and appreciation perhaps their entire success as wellas existence is due to the merit of the limud hatorah and bnei torah living in EY n
Natanyahu,try it you’ll see more success!
why the cherdiem never protest for shalit pollard soviet Jewry way back when when the plo was inducted to the UN? and many other issues today. When I was in yeshiva they said protest do not help just do tshuvha.
Now I know they where lying it simply was not an issue important to them
There are about 35 busses and allot of private cars en route to DC. Hopefully this will be a major success and kidush hashem.!
To the demonstrators, if you have a business that attracts non-Chassidic Jews, please post a sign and if come collecting money in any community or shul, please make sure to wear your “Israel Infidel Regime” button prominently where everyone can see it.
#14 is Right! This is not the time to demonstrate against the PM. He represents the Jewish world (whether you like it or not) and we have to stand unified, so these ‘just’ and good reasons to fight for, will eventually win out. But now is not the time nor place to demonstrate against the leader of Israel. Also, it is not he who controls much of what is going on; the defense minister and the unsupreme court in Israel control most of what is happening (all these desecrations) By demonstrating now, it causes a chilul Hashem. (This is all part of chevlei HaMoshiach).
Its only satmer its not charedim.
where is the achdus in klala yisroel
I wish I can go but I got to work יהי רצון שנתקדש שם שמים על ידינו
Charedim? The people who are going to Washington are the same people who are protesting in Monroe about a septic tank, and against the Samar Rebbe Shlita Rav Aron Tietlebaum (click on the link – or copy to browser) http://satmarnews.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/protest-in-kj-2/
Satmar of Kiryas Yoel, under the leadership of the Rebbe, Rav Aron Tietlebaum Shlita led a protest in Manhattan in early June.
I’m on my way from Lakewood together with 4 friends, we got a hitch with a Satmar Chasid. Looking forward with a lot of hope for a seize fire, to reduce the Charon Af R”L of Hashem to Klal Yisroel and to protect all the Yidden in every Matzav.
boy.. do i wish for somebody with brains to dig up ben goriens grave and kick his bones around on the street maybee then will the fanatic zionists understand the meaning of destroying graves …….but then again his bones have probably roten away
I couldn’t have said it better than #7 . when the goyim see you protesting, they don’t see you objecting to digging up graves. The see Jews against Jews, and it inspires them to act against Jews as well. Use your seichel.
Its sad to say this but hopefully the D.C. and National Park police near the white house will not show the rachmonis that the police in NYC and EY show towards these retards. If bones are broken, that may be necessary to teach them once and for all to respect whatever medinah they live in.
1 they dont know if the graves are yidishe or not atra kadisha assumes everything is yidishe 2the graves in ashkelon were goiyshe they could see the way how they were buried and atra kadisha made a levaya for one reason money 3 for all you kanuim who think that if you bash israel the arabs are going to like you guys and would not target the kanuim in any future war chas vesholom then your making a big mistake because we saw in previous wars how they killed many arabs living in israel and how did sadam husein yemach shemoi say when he was asked if it bothered him that arabs were hit by his scuds he said like this “jews arabs its like sorting peanuts”
Hahahaha, how dare u protest for the freedom of Shalit? Israel’s security is at sake and u have the chutzpah of demanding to free him at any cost? And at this time when Bibi is dealing with so many serious issues u have the nerves to command him to do this? He has much more important things to take care of…..
Depends on which foot the shoe is u ignorant loosers
Even though Bibi may be doing wrong about the graves issue, you are publicizing to the world that there is machlokes within the Jewish people, and that is a big aveira – possibly as big or even bigger than the aveira of digging up graves.
Do u believe in g-d? if yes protest against obama for throwing the jewish under the bus. & level bb up to g -d
I hope they swelter in the 100 degree heat in their black clothing, what a Chilul Hashem to protest.
I will start a boycott of all crc products and all satmar meats hit them where it hurts
Stay home and daven and learn Torah instead. Just saying.
Can someone please be so kind and explain to me my one and only simple question?
Why if Isreal is called a jewish State, and B. Netanyua the leader of the jewish land, why do they descrete ALL halachas, minhugin, from the Torah? If its, Chillul Shabbas, Desecretion of Graves, and many more.
The Torah is our leader, and we have to abide by that.
One thing for sure the “protesters” aren’t gonna be beating and jailed in DC like they are in Israel. That’s something to think about!
For all of you worrying for Natanyahu’s well being, and his nagotiations with Mr. Obama on the important israeli issues: Don’t worry!! a protest doesent do any harm!!! At the g20 summit in Toronto last week there was a lot of violent protests as well, and nothing bad happend besides that the protesters had a full day of joy….
If the case here is Protest for the sake of Protest then so be it. No one can care less. its part of the game!
If the Protest is for the sake of those Graves (goyishe?) then a petition, a meeting with the embesee, a Rabbi’s meeting with President is the more eficient way to go about it. Just as they did years ago about Poland graves
i am very against this demonstration. it is done with the wrong intentions and it will not accomplish anything accept feed the childish egos of these confused people.
If there really is a problem with the graves then why aren’t there any other Gedolim or Poskim or Rebbes signing these protest letters
reply to #35 , hold ur breath, come back at 12:00 when the official protest is supposed 2 begin, most ppl r still on their way there
For all of you worrying for Natanyahu’s well being, and his nagotiations with Mr. Obama on the important israeli issues: Don’t worry!! a protest doesent do any harm!!! At the g20 summit in Toronto last week there was a lot of violent protests as well, and nothing bad happend besides that the protesters had a full day of joy….
If the case here is Protest for the sake of Protest then so be it. No one can care less. its part of the game!
If the Protest is for the sake of those Graves (goyishe?) then a petition, a meeting with the embesee, a Rabbi’s meeting with President is the more eficient way to go about it. Just as they did years ago about Poland graves
please set fires like you do in israel hit the police officers break cars and what ever else you can do i want to see how dc cops will react
aprrox 3500 ppl
in such a weather מי כעמך ישראל
Again – stay at home and say tehilim for this- but to free Pollard we do have to protest, don’t u guys realize how ignorant u r?
Can anyone explain what mitzvah there is to Protest against digging of kevarim? even though we all believe in Techiyas Hameisim….the gemare only says Ba’avon Chyim meisim nechtootim meaning: that the sins of the ones who are alive-that the cause of the grave dig-ups. but if its so, then only the not sinning anymore can preserve and protect those bones!
it is worth to mention that the Satmar Rebbe Reb Aharon is not involved in this demonstration headed by some fringe group of satmar who represent a very small fraction of the Satmar global movement
U have it all wrong, in democratic countries ur allowed to protest and police don’t break bones for that except in china, Iran, and… U got it…. Israel….
Do my eyes see goood!? I would never believe their are people out there that bothers them for protesting against the Israeli PM MORE then it bothers them that israel are digging out the remains of קדושים שרפי מעלה!!
Uh protests go on all the time in DC. No one is going to notice or care about a bunch of people in weird dress standing in Lafeyette park ‘protesting’. Shouldn’t you people be working or ‘learning’?
U have it all wrong, in democratic countries ur allowed to protest and police don’t break bones for that except in china, Iran, and… U got it…. Israel….
U have it all wrong, in democratic countries ur allowed to protest and police don’t break bones for that except in china, Iran, and… U got it…. Israel….
As a liberal frum Jew, the depths of stupidity here just crack me up. I’m sorry, but we’re just so good at shooting ourselves in the foot. With all of the anti-Israel sentiment in the US, you want to fuel that fire?