The following statement was released by Agudath Israel Of
America:
There should be no need to state the following, but to avoid
any misconceptions in the media or among members of the
public, Agudath Israel of America proclaims strongly and
unequivocally that the visibly Jewish men who regularly
appear publicly with virulent antisemites and claim to
represent Jewish Orthodoxy not only do not represent anyone
but themselves and are a disgrace to the Jewish people.
Recently, they presented themselves at the properly vilified
Holocaust denial "conference" in Teheran, where widely-
disseminated photographs captured the pitiful spectacle of
their greeting and shaking hands with Iran's demonic
president. Neither their professed determination to protect
the interests of Jews nor their chareidi garb can obscure the
fact that all they accomplish is to offer succor and support
to people who wish to do grave harm to Jews.
There are many groups within the Orthodox community, and they
represent widely differing positions on the concept of
political and religious Zionism. All responsible Orthodox
groups, however, have condemned the group at issue in no
uncertain terms. Agudath Israel joins in that condemnation
and declares that the group is not only deeply misguided and
misleading of the public but dangerous to the true interests
of the Jewish People.
