ZAKA head hits Neturei-Karta rabbi

THE JERUSALEM POST ^ | Mar. 12, 2007 | JPost.com Staff

[US admirer]

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, chairman of ZAKA and former operations officer for the Ultra-Orthodox community, hit the Jewish man who kissed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, it was reported on Monday.

The violent incident occurred last Friday in Poland during a mass visit of Orthodox Jews to the country in order to honor Hassidic Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk.

When the visitors arrived at Lizhensk on Friday morning, they heard that Moshe Arye Freedman, a member of the fanatic anti-Israel group Neturei Karta, was present as well. Freedman recently made headlines when he was photographed kissing Ahmadinejad during the Holocaust denial conference in Teheran three months ago.

Meshi-Zahav, along with another ZAKA member, quickly located Freedman and set upon him, punching the man, kicking him and breaking his glasses.

The fight was dispersed when local police arrived at the scene.

As an act of appreciation, Meshi-Zahav was called up to read the Torah in synagogue.

[US admirer]

One crazie ultraorthodox (religious jewish nut 1), cites the bible for his incredible befriending of an Iranian islamic nut guy who really wants him and all the other jews dead... followed by the violent reaction of another ultraorthodox faction (religious jewish nut 2 with helper), who beat the crap out of jewish nut 1, cause they think his interpretation of the bible is crap... followed by a demonstration of the true nature of religious jewish nuts 2 religion, that debases and exposes itself for what it really is, by celebrating the beating of the crap out of religious jewish nut 1, by religious jewish nut 2, by asking religious jewish nut 2 to read the Torah, in the ultraorthox synagogue, "as an act of appreciation" for beating the crap out of religious jewish nut 1.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. - Blaise Pascal

At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas. - Aldous Huxley

[GSlob]

Well, consider the entertainment value.

[TSchmereL]

I don't like to see violence either, but you sound confused. There is nothing evil about hating evil.

[US admirer]

Your comment is a non sequitur. You are however correct that there is nothing evil about hating evil.

[Stepan12]

I don't like to see violence either, but you sound confused. There is nothing evil about hating evil.

Good for that guy for slugging Freedman. Freedman is a traitor who deserves even worse.

Maybe Freedman can go back to Iran for Armanidinnerjacket's sympathy.

[US admirer]

BTW... like your choice of quotes.

[dennisw]

Go ZAKA!! So great to see this fake rabbi pummeled. He got only one twentieth of what he deserves and needs

[BlackVeil]

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. - Blaise Pascal

Too true.

The victim of this assault has always claimed that Zionism is a violent, nationalistic, irreligious ideology, very different from true Scripture values ... I wonder if he changed his mind as a result of being beaten up?

[dennisw]

Muslims killed 1.5 million other Muslims in the Iran-Iraq war. Muslims are killed by Muslim terror bombings in Iraq, 20-50 at a clip. Muslims killed 80 million Hindus when they marauded across India. Hafaz Assad wasted 25,ooo Muslims in Hama in 1983. Yet there are the Jew obsessives who call Zionism violent. Compared to what? What is the death toll from Zionism? And compare it to Islam

[rmlew]

While I do not condone the behavior, "Rabbi 1" was aiding and abetting an Islamist who wishes to commit genocide against Jews.
This isn't a difference of opinion between two fundamentalist Rabbis. It was retribution against a Kapo.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

High volume. Articles on Israel can also be found by clicking on the Topic or Keyword Israel, WOT

..................

One crazie ultraorthodox (religious jewish nut 1), cites the bible for his incredible befriending of an Iranian islamic nut guy who really wants him and all the other jews dead... followed by the violent reaction of another ultraorthodox faction (religious jewish nut 2 with helper), who beat the crap out of jewish nut 1, cause they think his interpretation of the bible is crap... followed by a demonstration of the true nature of religious jewish nuts 2 religion, that debases and exposes itself for what it really is, by celebrating the beating of the crap out of religious jewish nut 1, by religious jewish nut 2, by asking religious jewish nut 2 to read the Torah, in the ultraorthox synagogue, "as an act of appreciation" for beating the crap out of religious jewish nut 1.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. - Blaise Pascal

At least two-thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity, human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice and stupidity: idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on behalf of religous or political ideas. - Aldous Huxley

------------------

Zaka

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Perhaps you've seen their shadowy images on TV, mostly young and middle-aged Orthodox Jewish men wearing special yellow jackets ("ephod" in Hebrew) with the word "Zaka" emblazoned across the back, slowly sitting their way through scenes of utter devastation, just minutes after a terrorist suicide bombing in Israel. At the Dolphinarium in Tel Aviv... at the Sbarrro Pizzeria in Jerusalem... at the Park Hotel in Netanya... Amidst the utter chaos that follows a terrorist event ("ay-roohah" in Hebrew), Zaka volunteers, who sometimes get to the victims before the ambulances arrive, methodically begin to administer first-aid to the injured, and advise Magen David Adom ambulance crews as to who needs the most critical care. It is always a bone-chilling experience. Many Zaka volunteers have had the unenviable task of cradling a dying child in their arms or a severely maimed victim, crying out for mercy. As the smoke finally begins to clear and the sounds of ambulance sirens fade in the distance, Zaka volunteers then begin the grim task of scraping up blood, body parts and deceased victims (of Jew and non-Jew alike) to prepare them for a proper burial.

Zaka volunteers are the true "unsung heroes" on the front-lines of Israel's incessant battles against terrorism. Zaka volunteers have had to not only endure the terrible sights and smells which are forever etched into their memory banks, they have had to dodge bullets from snipers, as well as secondary "human bombs" who have been trained by various groups to lurk in the shadows until after an initial suicide strike and then explode themselves amidst the volunteers, ambulance workers, police, soldiers, and innocent bystanders.

Almost all of Zaka's 600 plus volunteers across Israel, are married and gainfully employed. "All of our volunteers are family-oriented people and have jobs, as a basis or foundation for a stabilized life at home, which is critical to this job," says Talia Zaks, Deputy Director of Zaka's General Projects and International Affairs. "The biggest misconception is that Zaka is an ultra-Orthodox outfit. It is a unit that is open to anyone from all sectors, religious, secular, men and women."

To become a Zaka volunteer, one must endure a rigorous training program that tests one's physical, as well as emotional fortitude. Because Zaka has been recognized by the Israeli government as part of the country's security apparatus, potential volunteers are trained by the police, and Magen David Adom. Then comes the hard part... dealing with dead bodies.

ABOUT ZAKA

In 1989, while studying in a yeshiva, Yehuda Meshi Zahav, the founder and chairman of ZAKA, and his fellow students were startled into reality by a thunderous boom, 2 minutes of silence and then scores of bloodcurdling screams. The number 405 bus was steered over the mountainside by a terrorist. The bus exploded and 17 people died and scores were injured. Yehuda and his colleagues rushed to the scene and began to care for the wounded and dead. It was chilling and horrifying chaos Yehuda relates. For six years after this incident Meshi Zahav and a dedicated group of volunteers continued this work of Chesed Shel Emet, the work that "makes God smile" - true kindness – unconditional giving to those who cannot give thanks. The volunteers of ZAKA selflessly overcome horror to recover the human remains – fulfilling the biblical imperative to bury the dead "on the same day" and handle the shattered flesh and bones with respect for the divine spirit that had filled them.

ZAKA became an official organization in 1995. It began as an organization that was responsible for the recovery and identification of body parts, Chesed Shel Emet, Since its inception, the organization has grown to include its Motorcycle Unit for Rapid Rescue, the Search and Rescue Unit and departments handling public education and community services.

ZAKA is a HUMANITARIAN VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION, coordinating nearly 1000 volunteers responding to tragic incidents in Israel.

ZAKA has branched and emerged as the dominant rescue, life saving and recovery non-governmental organization in Israel, working alongside law enforcement and emergency personnel in responding to incidents of terrorism, accidents or disasters.

[familyop]

So from your comment #1, we understand that you see yourself as one who is an expert and genius on Orthodox Judaism. I'm often surprised at how many such experts surface here and there from replacement religions--even the offspring of said religions who say that they not very religious.

[Salem]

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction. - Blaise Pascal"

Judaism:

Ne 13:23 ¶ In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:

Ne 13:24 And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people.

Ne 13:25 And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.

Christianity:

Joh 2:12 ¶ After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.

Joh 2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,

Joh 2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:

Joh 2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;

Joh 2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.

Joh 2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.

Although it may offend your sensibilities, from time to time in very rare circumstances, there are individuals who desperately need a good beating.

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav was certainly not out of line in this case.

---

If you'd like to be on or off this
Christian Supporters of Israel ping list,
please FR mail me ~
    

There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had
spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. (Joshua 21:45)
Letter To The President In Support Of Israel ~
'Final Solution,' Phase 2 ~
Warnings ~
The Nature Of Bruce ~

"The West has given more significance to the myth of the genocide of the Jews, even more significant than God, religion, and the prophets...."—Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The Holocaust Chronicle ~



" ... It's time we recognized the nature of the conflict. It's total war and we are all involved. Nobody on our side is exempted because of age, gender, or handicap. The Islamofacists have stolen childhood from the world."—FReeper Retief
"Palestine is the wrong name for their State. It should be called Anarchy."—FReeper sgtbono2002
"Then let's wait and see what the Arabs do after they take Gaza. There's nothing like Arab reality to break up a Jewish fantasy."—FReeper Noachian
A student told his professor he was going to "Palestine" to "fight for freedom, peace and justice,"—Orwellian leftist code words that mean "murder Jews."

[Salem]

'Ping' at 15 on this thread to the list. Sorry.

[arthurus]

He quotes Huxley as an authority. What more do we need? Huxley wasn't too worried about non-religious idealist zeal for violence, just religious because he didn't prefer the goals of religiously violent people, and because non-religious zealotry has not religious goals then that isn't so bad, like Communists and such.

[Nachum]

Good for that ZAKA guy....

Now if only some Viet Nam vet would slug Jane Fonda for me, my day would be complete.

[PRePublic]

Good for Yehuda MeshiZahav.

[Alexander Rubin]

Normally I would say I don't condone this kind of violence. But in this case, I am tempted to make an exception. Although, rather, I feel that the NK nut should have ostracized and excluded, rather than beaten.

Not that I am sparing him a tear. The idea that he would kiss the man who would kill his people, and nuke Israel is...unconscionable.