Here’s a response from an Israeli Haredi I know whose family, like many Hareidi families, is from the ‘Old Yishuv’ long before Herzl Zionism: “The Zionists made a deal back when they first founded their State that Agudah would not publicly deny the Zionists’ outrageously false claim of representing Jews, in return for the Zionists not interfering with the chareidim there, allowing them to educate their children according to the Torah and exempting those Jews from the Zionists’ shmad army. Seems they did not learn from their own history wht happens to those who refuse to fight for religious reasons: 27 Then Mattathi′as cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: “Let every one who is zealous for the law and supports the covenant come out with me!” 28 And he and his sons fled to the hills and left all that they had in the city. 40 And each said to his neighbor: “If we all do as our brethren have done and refuse to fight with the Gentiles for our lives and for our ordinances, they will quickly destroy us from the earth.” 41 So they made this decision that day: “Let us fight against every man who comes to attack us on the sabbath day; let us not all die as our brethren died in their hiding places.” 42 Then there united with them a company of Haside′ans, mighty warriors of Israel, every one who offered himself willingly for the law.
Author: New york times
Published at: 2025-08-24 20:45:47
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