קאווע שטיבל

Don't tell me how much you respect Litvaks.

I don't wanna hear how much you love Chassidim.

I don't care how closely you identify with Chabad.

Stop talking about how epic you think Breslev is.

It's irrelevant how passionate you are about Sefardim.

It makes no difference how inspired you are by Baalei Teshuva.

Et al.

Ahavas Yisroel means loving and being mekarev every single Yid. EVERY. SINGLE. YID. Period, soif passuk, ad kan, ad b'chlal, full stop, v'chulu. Especially the ones that are the hardest to love.

There's a time, place and method for mussar and ma'achoh. Debate them, debunk them, don't be m'shadech with them; but smearing thousands of ehrliche Yidden in this manner should never be on the table.

The Sattan is smarter than us, more desperate than us and has thousands of years more experience than us. There's been such an outpouring of love and achdus all throughout Klal Yisroel, and meanwhile, the Beis Hamikdash is still not rebuilt. Sinas chinom is a hell of a drug chevrabboisay, always has been.

So, my position on Neturei Karta today is no different from the stance I took some two decades ago when identical charges were being leveled against Chabad.

Hate was wrong then. Hate is wrong now.

I love Israel.

I love Neturei Karta.

Whether or not they love me back is irrelevant.

I'm pretty sure this is a proverbial hill I'm willing to die on.