Zionists as Amalekites The anti-Zionist Haredi rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum denounced the proposed draft of Haredi men by the Israel Defense Forces by saying the Zionists came from the seed of Amalek. There has never been such a sect that caused so much damage to the Jewish people.[32] A senior rabbi in Israels Shas party, Shalom Cohen, publicly labeled Religious Zionists as Amalek, but later clarified that his remarks were aimed only at The Jewish Home party, not all Religious Zionists.[33] Another rabbi associated with Shas, Shimon Badani, referred to Finance Minister Yair Lapid and The Jewish Home party as Amalek.[34] The Neturei Karta are a Haredi group known for their radical opposition to the state of Israel and extreme wariness with regard to non-Haredi Jews. Historically, Neturei Karta equated Zionism with Amalek and Nazism.[35] For some Neturei Karta rabbis the very word amalek is read in gematriya to mean politics, which in their view is something pious Jews should never engage in, since politics for them constitutes galut, or exile.[36]https://youtube/watch?v=QviBNAIVnJM
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