{"id":2176,"date":"2010-05-06T17:57:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T17:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/2010\/05\/anti-zionist-rabbi-moshe-hirsc.php"},"modified":"2010-05-06T17:57:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T17:57:35","slug":"anti-zionist-rabbi-moshe-hirsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2010\/05\/anti-zionist-rabbi-moshe-hirsc","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Zionist Rabbi Moshe Hirsch Dies in Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM &#8211; Moshe Hirsch, an anti-Zionist rabbi and close associate of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, has died in Jerusalem, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group said Monday. He was 86.<br \/>\nHirsch was a leading figure in Neturei Karta, a tiny ultra-Orthodox sect that opposes Israel&#8217;s existence as a Jewish state and has embraced its enemies.<br \/>\nArafat, who died in 2004, appointed Hirsch his adviser on Jewish affairs.<br \/>\nThe group is known for its members&#8217; 2006 trip to Iran, where they embraced the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a Holocaust-denying conference. It also supports Gaza&#8217;s Hamas rulers and the Lebanese Hezbollah militants.<br \/>\nThese alliances have drawn criticism even from other anti-Zionist Jewish groups, which believe that only the Messiah can establish a Jewish state.<br \/>\nNeturei Karta, which is Aramaic for &#8220;Guardians of the City,&#8221; was founded some 70 years ago in Jerusalem by Jews who opposed the drive to establish the state of Israel. Estimates of the group&#8217;s size range from a few hundred to a few thousand.<br \/>\nEida Haredit, an umbrella group of anti-Zionist Jewish sects, confirmed Hirsch died on Sunday.<br \/>\nHatem Abdel Qader, an adviser on Jerusalem affairs to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said he would take part in a Palestinian delegation to pay respects to the late rabbi.<br \/>\n&#8220;We consider Rabbi Hirsch a part of the Palestinian people,&#8221; said Abdel Qader. &#8220;He is one of the Palestinian Jews whom we give all respect and this is to confirm that our problem is not with the Jews as a religion, it&#8217;s with Zionism.&#8221;<br \/>\nHirsch, who was buried Sunday, is survived by three children and a brother.<br \/>\n<em>Copyright 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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