Community Unites in Protest of Iran Deal
A rally and press conference took place this evening, August 26, in Crown Heights, drawing hundreds of area residents in protest of the ‘Iran deal,’ which will allow the Islamist regime to procure nuclear weapons and restore billions of dollars to their terror-financing coffers. A small group of Neturei Karta protesters – but with very large signs – attended as well and counter-protested.
The rally was arranged by three members of New York State’s legislature – NYS Senator Jesse Hamilton and NYS Assembymen Dov Hikind and David Greenfield – who voiced their unequivocal opposition to the deal, and called on members of the U.S. Congress and Senate to oppose it as well.
The event took place on the corner of Eastern Pkwy and Kingston Ave., in front of the Jewish Children’s Museum.
Community activists Rabbi Jacob Goldstein and Devorah Halberstam joined in the protest, urging members of Congress to vote “no” on the Iran nuclear deal. Rabbi Jacob Goldstein, Chaplain Colonel (Ret.) of the US Armed Forces, served 38 years in the military including five deployed combat missions. Devorah Halberstam is the mother of the late Ari Halberstam, who was killed in the terrorist shooting on the Brooklyn Bridge in 1994.
Cantor Shlomie Rabin sang a prayer for peace and a prayer in memory of all those lost in terror attacks worldwide. Shlomie serves as a senior cantor in Midtown Manhattan and has performed in Israel, Australia, Spain and Ukraine.
“Iran Nuclear Deal supporters focus on the early years. Well, what happens when Iran receives generous upfront sanctions relief? When tens of billions of dollars go to terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah or to groups who have plotted attacks in Buenos Aires, Berlin, Jerusalem, and Washington DC? And further down the line, this deal allows restrictions to phase out over time. I stand with my community in demanding a better deal: prevent sponsorship of terror, stop Iran menacing us and our allies, and don’t rely on trusting words from Iran to assure our security.” said NYS Senator Jesse Hamilton.
“The deal with Iran, the world’s number one state sponsor of terrorism, is extraordinarily naive and dangerous. Based on initial reports, this is a total capitulation. The only winner is Iran. The deal essentially paves Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon,” said NYS Assembly Member Dov Hikind.
“I am proud of Senator Schumer and other members of New York’s Congressional delegation for standing up for the Jewish community, Israel and America’s security. My problem with the Iran deal is simple: it’s a bad deal. It does not protect anyone. It is time that our Brooklyn representatives followed Schumer’s lead and let Obama know that we can negotiate a better deal for America,” said Councilman Greenfield.
Anonymous
Where our the people seems pretty empty to me sad
meir rhodes
yackov Behrman ,the next generation of CH leadership!
since when
since when do we bring this type of rally on our doorstep?
if Hikind wants to sponser this then he should do it on his turf and invite the crown hts residents and they can join him there.
From my limited understanding I do not believe this is something the Rebbe would have approved.
Right smack outside of 770 makes it look like a 770 sponser and this is not what the Rebbe Wanted.
Milhouse
What are you talking about? The safety of yidden in Eretz Yisroel was the Rebbe’s top concern. Lubavitch has always been carefully nonpartisan (except in the 5749 election), but this is not a partisan issue. This is a matter of pikuach nefoshos and straight halocho (nochrim shetzoru al orei yisroel).
lms
were we already prepared to talk with those sociopaths the natura karta?
Ma Rabbi
Niturei Karta of today are complete Am Horatzim.
So inappropriate!
So inappropriate to show all those pictures of the NKs. They want and love this kind of publicity. They are true self-hating Jews.
Milhouse
These capos are not the real neturei karta. The real NK was inspired by ahavas yisroel, and would never make common cause with Homon Horosho. The whole point of NK is not that we don’t need protection, or that the enemy is ch”v right, but that our only real protection is Torah and mitzvos, so hiring Jewish security guards who are mechalel shabbos in public (as the British demanded of them) was counterproductive.
mn770
Not sure that natura karta are jews.
They probably came from erev rav!
Nobody who is a really jewish can approve to kill other jews, except goyim like natura karta.
put together and respectful
There is a black gentleman whose yarmulka and bowlie match :)
LOVE THAT TARTAN KIPPA
WHERE DID HE GET IT?
NK dont give them attention !
ולכל בני ישראל לא יחרץ כלב לשונו
we have to ignore them, its not worth the time
mikael cohen
the made if france of CH
you seems to be very convincing
Pictures
Why must you show pictures of the Nk?they are self hating Jews ,how dare three come into community and protest , if you were to go into their communities they would not sit quietly probably cut your beard off before you left.their garb is fake are they learned , no they all are losers living off our tax payers dollars.an insult to humanity .
They are descendants of Haman, may their names be erased.
me!!!!!!!!!!ir appledorf
mitzvah lefarsem, so to know who these reshaim are when u see them in shul or elsewhere.
BEWARE !!!
crown heights reident
This was in Crown Heights. Why were there so few Lubavitcher people there.
i wonder why there were only police and barrickades by neturei karta
hmmm maybe cuz we are normal and they r not