Editing Zionism (section)

=== Haredi Judaism and Zionism ===
{{See also|Haredim and Zionism}}
Haredi Jews number some 2,100,000 world-wide, constituting 14% of the total Jewish population in the world.{{sfn|Staetsky|2022|p=3}} Most accept though do not support the secular Israeli state.{{sfn|Fox|2023}} A small number of Orthodox organizations among these Haredi reject Zionism as they view it as a [[secular movement]] and reject [[nationalism]] as a doctrine. in Jerusalem, certain [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] groups, most famously the [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar]] Hasidim, as well as the larger movement they are part of, the [[Edah HaChareidis]], are opposed to its ideology for religious reasons. Despite having his life saved by a leader of the Zionist movement in 1944, one of the best known Hasidic opponents of political Zionism was [[Hungary|Hungarian]] [[rebbe]] and [[Talmud]]ic scholar [[Joel Teitelbaum]].{{sfn|Kaplan|2004|p=}}{{pn|date=March 2025}} Although this group of ultra-observant Jews do not support or identify with Zionism as a movement or ideology, in a poll taken in February 2024, 83% said they have a "very strong emotional connection" to Israel, only a small percentage less than the 87% of [[Modern Orthodox Judaism|Modern Orthodox]] Jews who reported having those same feelings.{{sfn|Kornbluh|2024}}
[[File:Judaism condemns Israel's atrocities -6 (52032176719).jpg|thumb|right|Members of [[Neturei Karta]] holding Palestinian flags and placards saying that "Judaism condemns the state of Israel and its atrocities" in London, 2022]]
The [[Neturei Karta]], a tiny Orthodox Haredi sect, is considered "the most radical of the Extreme Orthodox groups",{{sfn|Keren-Kratz|2016|pp=103, 110}} with approximately 5,000 members worldwide that make up about 0.03 percent of the world's Jewish population.{{sfn|Sugarman|2017}} Some of its members have said that Israel is a "racist regime",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://globalfire.tv/nj/03en/jews/ttjews.htm |title=We oppose the Zionists and their 'state' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515235351/http://globalfire.tv/nj/03en/jews/ttjews.htm |archive-date=May 15, 2011 |quote=vigorously and we continue our prayers for the dismantlement of the Zionist 'state' and peace to the world." Rabbi E. Weissfish, Neturei Karta, Representatives of Orthodox Jewry, US, London, Palestine and worldwide.}}</ref> compared Zionists to [[Nazis]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Great Gulf Between Zionism and Judaism |url=https://www.nkusa.org/AboutUs/Zionism/greatgulf.cfm |website=www.nkusa.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128090750/http://nkusa.org/AboutUs/Zionism/greatgulf.cfm |archive-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> claimed that Zionism is contrary to the teachings of the [[Torah]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Neuberger |first=G. J. |url=http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/zionism/whatis.cfm |title=What is Zionism? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114024502/http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/zionism/whatis.cfm |archive-date=November 14, 2010 |website=Jews against Zionism}}</ref> or accused it of promoting antisemitism.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/antisemitism/zionismpromotes.cfm |title=Zionism promotes antisemitism |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124121839/http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/antisemitism/zionismpromotes.cfm |archive-date=November 24, 2010 |website=Jews against Zionism}}</ref>