Orthodox Jews are a bit of a special folk. With their long beards and ringlets, their skullcaps or wide brimmed hats, they look rather die out. The same applies even more to the Roman cardinals with their ankle-length skirts and stiff tip their hats, but because they more frequently come into view that nonsense is easily accepted. The believing Jews remain mostly out of sight. Most people do not even know that they are fierce opponents of Zionism. The existence of Israel as a "Jewish" state is contrary to their religion!
It is a common misconception that all Jews agree with Israel and Zionism. Many secular Jews are against Israel, because this country systematically violates the rights of the Palestinians. Orthodox Jews have other reasons to be against Israel. When in 79 AD the temple was destroyed in Jerusalem by the Romans, many Jews fled to what was then called Judea. They fled beyond the borders of the Roman Empire, for example, to Portugal or to the Caucasus. Over the centuries they converted countless other people to their Jewish religion. Then the oppression of the Jews came by the Christians. Nevertheless, the Jews survived the Inquisition, the pogroms and the Holocaust. According to them, it's because of their faith!
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