Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, spokesman for the anti-Zionist Jewish group Neturei Karta, said to Unicorn Riot that he felt Zionism was “stealing” Judaism from Jews.

“Judaism is opposed to this occupation, to the horrific slaughter that is, in front of our eyes, every minute taking place in Gaza. Zionism, the ideology behind the state of Israel, this is a mere 130-40 years, the state is 76 years. It is a transformation from godliness, from religion, from the covenant we made with God into pure, selfish, flawed nationalism. And all the rabbinical authorities in Europe prior to World War II stood in opposition to this. We are forbidden to have a sovereignty since the destruction of the temple. We are forbidden to kill and steal. So the whole concept of a state, this nationalism, is antithetical, is contradictory to my religion.”