Who is Dov Lando, the Israeli rabbi criticising Zionism?
- One of Israel’s top ultra-Orthodox rabbis, Dov Lando, has become the centre of controversy in Israel after comments emerged in which he denigrated Zionism.
- In a recently released video recording, the 96-year-old rabbi is heard saying the ideology of Zionism caused the Jewish people to suffer “disasters”, and that Jewish Israelis may have been better off without a state.
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- One of Israel’s top ultra-Orthodox rabbis, Dov Lando, has become the centre of controversy in Israel after comments emerged in which he denigrated Zionism.
- In a recently released video recording, the 96-year-old rabbi is heard saying the ideology of Zionism caused the Jewish people to suffer “disasters”, and that Jewish Israelis may have been better off without a state.
- Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Three years of Israel’s mass dispossession of West Bank Palestinianslist 2 of 3US support for Israel continues three years into the genocide in Gazalist 3 of 3Gaza war sped up India’s
Sources: Al Jazeera