Dozens of copies of a booklet calling on ultra-Orthodox Jews to emigrate from Israel were handed out last week near the main synagogue in Jerusalem’s Mea She’arim neighborhood.
The move was reportedly in reaction to government attempts to draft yeshiva students into the Israel Defense Forces and introduce core secular subjects into the haredi school curriculum.
Although the booklet was written about 15 years ago by Rabbi Moshe Dov Beck of the extreme Eda Haredit faction, it was handed out once again last week in light of the haredi draft issue, which has reached the High Court of Justice.
The 50-page publication cites scripture as evidence of an obligation to “escape from under the Zionist regime and not go in to visit there.”
The claim is based on the idea that establishing the State of Israel is a revolt against God and the world’s nations, which citizens will be punished for. Another reason Israel and its citizens will be punished is that many in the country fail to observe mitzvot. — ynetnews.com