Editing Neturei Karta (section)

=== Conditions for Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel ===
Neturei Karta believes that the [[Messiah in Judaism|Messiah]] will usher in a Jewish theocracy to rule over the Land of Israel. The messiah will bring about the [[resurrection of the dead]], the [[ingathering of the exiles]], and a complete return to Torah law.<ref name="Haaretzexplainer" />

Neturei Karta believe that the exile of the Jews can end only with the arrival of the Messiah, and that human attempts to establish Jewish sovereignty over the Land of Israel are sinful. In Neturei Karta's view, Zionism is a presumptuous affront against [[Names of God in Judaism|God]]. Chief among their arguments against Zionism is the [[Talmud]]ic concept of the so-called [[Three Oaths]], extracted from the discussion of certain portions of the Bible. It states that a pact consisting of three oaths was made between God, the Jewish people, and the nations of the world, when the Jews were sent into exile. One provision of the pact was that the Jews would not rebel against the non-Jewish world that gave them sanctuary; a second was that they would not immigrate en masse to the [[Land of Israel]]. In return, the gentile nations promised not to persecute the Jews. By rebelling against this pact, they argued, the Jewish people were engaging in rebellion against God.

The Neturei Karta synagogues follow the customs of the [[Gaon of Vilna]], due to Neturei Karta's origin within the [[Lithuanian Jews|Lithuanian]] rather than [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] branch of [[Haredi Judaism]]. Neturei Karta is not a Hasidic but a [[Litvish]] group; they are often mistaken for Hasidim because their style of dress (including a [[shtreimel]] on [[Shabbat|Shabbos]]) is very similar to that of Hasidim. This style of dress is not unique to Neturei Karta, but is also the style of other Jerusalem Litvaks, such as Rabbi [[Yosef Sholom Eliashiv]] and his followers. Furthermore, [[Shomer Emunim]], a Hasidic group with a similar anti-Zionist ideology, is often bundled together with Neturei Karta. Typically, the Jerusalem Neturei Karta will keep the customs of the "Old ''Yishuv''{{-"}} of the city of Jerusalem even when living outside of Jerusalem or even when living abroad, as a demonstration of their love for and connection to the Holy Land.