Editing Neturei Karta (section)

===Since Israeli independence===
[[File:Judaism condemns Israel's atrocities -6 (52032176719).jpg|thumb|Members of Neturei Karta holding Palestinian flags and placards saying that "Judaism condemns the state of Israel and its atrocities" in London, 2022]]
After the [[Israeli Declaration of Independence|creation of the modern State of Israel]] in 1948, Neturei Karta refused to recognize the Israeli government or any of its institutions. The group began holding public protests that often turned violent over what they perceived as the secularization of Jerusalem, the violation of [[Shabbat]] in ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods, and public gender mixing.<ref name="Haaretzexplainer" />

After the [[Six Day War]], Neturei Karta began cultivating friendly relationships in the [[Arab world]]. In 1969, the group protested Israel outside the [[United Nations]], then in 1970 held a similar protest with the new [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] (PLO). Then Neturei Karta leader [[Moshe Hirsch]] befriended PLO leader [[Yasir Arafat]], who many Israelis viewed as their public enemy number one. Arafat appointed Hirsch to the symbolic position of Jewish affairs minister, receiving a $30,000 monthly salary.<ref name="Haaretzexplainer" /> Two Neturei Karta members participated in a 2004 prayer vigil for Arafat outside the [[Hôpital d'instruction des armées Percy|Percy Military Hospital]] in [[Paris]], [[France]], where he lay on his death bed,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/11/international/europe/11vigil.html?_r=0|newspaper=New York Times|title=Arafat's Followers Kept Solemn Vigil Outside Hospital in France|author=Elaine Sciolino|date=11 November 2004|access-date=7 January 2013}}</ref> an act widely condemned by other Orthodox Jewish organizations, including many other anti-Zionist Haredi organizations, both in New York and Jerusalem. Hirsh attended Arafat's funeral in Ramallah.<ref name="Forwardexplainer" />