Zionism: An endless river of blood?

Rabbi Weiss speaks to Riaz Tayob

cc Zionism is the root cause of suffering, bloodshed and the rift between Arabs and Jews, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, spokesperson for Neturei Karta International – an organisation that represents anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews – has said. In Durban Review Conference, Weiss said that Zionist movement transformed Judaism into ‘a materialistic, political, nationalistic goal’, which presented its critics as ‘anti-Semitic’ or ‘self-hating Jews.’ Speaking of his hopes too see the Palestine question addressed, he added that the Holocaust should not be used to further Zionist goals or to justify the oppression of another people.

* Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss is spokesperson for Neturei Karta International.
* Riaz K. Tayob is a journalist with the Third World Network. He conducted this interview in his personal capacity.
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