Editing Neturei Karta (section)

== Etymology ==
The name ''Neturei Karta'' means "city guards" in Aramaic<ref name="Haaretzexplainer">{{cite news |title=Explained: Who Are Neturei Karta, the Jewish ultra-Orthodox pro-Palestinian Activists |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/explained-who-are-neturei-karta-the-jewish-ultra-orthodox-pro-palestinian-activists/0000018e-7039-df85-afde-f77d40640000 |access-date=18 August 2024 |work=[[Haaretz]] |date=2024-03-27 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240630215229/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-27/ty-article-magazine/.premium/explained-who-are-neturei-karta-the-jewish-ultra-orthodox-pro-palestinian-activists/0000018e-7039-df85-afde-f77d40640000 |archive-date=2024-06-30}}</ref> and is derived from an [[Aggadah|''aggadta'']] recorded in several texts of the [[Talmud]], including the [[Jerusalem Talmud]] [[Hagigah]] 1:7 (page six in the [[Romm publishing house|standard Vilna edition]]). There, it is related that:
<blockquote>[[Judah the Prince]] sent [[Rabbi|rabbis]]{{Efn|In the Yerushalmi and Midrash Tehillim: [[Hiyya the Great|Hiyya]], [[Rabbi Ammi|Immi]], and [[Rabbi Assi|Assi]]. In [[Pesikta de-Rav Kahana|Pesiqta deRav Kehana]], Immi and [[Jose bar Zevida|Jose]]. In [[Eichah Rabbah]], Immi and Assi. Meiri (to Shabbat 114a) recalls "one of their sages". [[Eliezer ben Joel HaLevi]] (Hagigah 10a) recalls "Hiyya and Jose".}} to tour the cities of [[Ancient Israel|Israel]] and establish for them teachers and scribes. They came to one place and did not find a teacher or a scribe. They said, "Bring us the city guards," and the city watchmen were brought.{{Efn|In the Yerushalmi apparently corrupt: "Bring us the city guards, bring us the watchmen." Other versions (including the ''[[Arukh]]'' citation) are as presented. The word סנטרי "watchmen" is Lat. ''saltarii''; see D. Sperber, "On Pubs and Policemen in Roman Palestine" p. 259, S. Lieberman to t. BM 9:14, and Sokoloff, p. 383-384.}} They said, "These are the city ruiners, but those are the city guards."{{Efn|Here the ''Arukh'' appears to preserve the best text, which is presented. In the Yerushalmi and Midrash Tehillim, "These are the city guards!? These are nothing but city ruiners!" In the Pesiqta deRav Kehana and Eichah Rabbah, "These are city guards, these are the city ruiners."}} And who were the city guards? The scribes and the teachers, who guard the [[Torah]] day and night.{{Efn|At this point each version cites a Biblical verse in support, including Ps. 127:1, Josh. 1:8, or both. The ''[[Zohar]]'' (Bo 6:143) has a different interpretation of this aggadta.}}
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The name thus reflects Neturei Karta's original mission to oppose efforts in the [[Old Yishuv]] to establish a Jewish armed force during the [[1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine|1936–1939 Arab revolt]], as the group believed that such a force would be destructive and that Torah scholars are the true guards of the Jewish people.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Inbari |first=Motti |date=2010 |title=Rabbi Amram Blau Founder of the Neturei Karta Movement: An Abridged Biography |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23509957 |journal=Hebrew Union College Annual |volume=81 |pages=193–232 |jstor=23509957 |issn=0360-9049}}</ref> Today, Neturei Karta members generally understand the name to mean that they defend their interpretation of [[Jewish religious law]] against that of other rabbis, namely those who do not oppose modern Israel's existence.<ref name="whatnk">{{Cite web |date= |title=What is the Neturei Karta? |url=http://www.nkusa.org/aboutus/index.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070119225145/http://www.nkusa.org/aboutus/index.cfm |archive-date=19 January 2007 |access-date= |website=nkusa.org}}</ref>