Take a look at pictures from almost any pro-Palestine demonstration in New York, and you’ll see Orthodox Jewish men with long beards, curled sidelocks, and black hats marching alongside young Arabs wearing white keffiyehs. This controversial group, known as Neturei Karta formed in Jerusalem and is anti-Zionist. They believe Jews should not inherit the land of Israel until the messiah comes. Reporter Sarah Ventre explains the group’s ideology and how it came to be.
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