From The Guardian, flag-burning, peacenik orthodox jews. Awesome.:
The group is part of Neturei Karta, an anti-Zionist sect of the Orthodox Jewish community which is passionately opposed to the state of Israel and its government’s treatment of the Palestinian population. Since they are forbidden to use transport on the Sabbath, a few of its younger, fitter members have made the two-hour journey from Stamford Hill on foot in their Saturday dress of prayer shawls and fur-rimmed hats. Despite their prominent position in full view of the thousands below, they seem perfectly composed, holding a Palestinian flag and a placard bearing the slogan ‘End the occupation’. They don’t want to speak, so one of the organisers reads a statement on their behalf. It condemns, in no uncertain terms, the ‘atrocities committed by the Zionist regime’, lamenting ‘the plight of the Palestinian people’. …
It is the largest event that 35-year-old Alter Hochhauser, one of the four, has ever attended. He breaks into a smile when he recalls afterwards, in slightly halting English, what making such a public statement meant to him. ‘I was feeling very good. I always thought the Arab people have nothing against the Jews, only Zionism. The Zionist propaganda is so strong, that the Arabs would kill the Jewish people, but I knew it was not true. Now I saw it with my own eyes, how happy they were with us.’ His friend Elhanan Beck is also heartened by the impact of their presence. ‘I think many people changed their mind about Jewish people when they saw us,’ he says. …
And the power of peace-making and love.
And for Hochhauser, recalling his big day out at the demo, it’s worth it. ‘Somebody came to me; he said for 39 years he had hated the Jews. And now, when he saw us, he felt he had to come and shake hands with us. There were tears in his eyes.’