Overview
- Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum instructed Satmar chassidim in Israel not to join street demonstrations, saying participation poses a clear risk to life.
- He directed that the ban be disseminated across Satmar institutions in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak and Beit Shemesh and said no students may block roads.
- The Rebbe invoked the halakhic maxim that safeguarding life overrides prohibitions and referenced rulings of the previous Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum.
- Reports identified the two victims as Yosef Eisenthal and Naftali Tzvi Kramer, whose deaths after being struck by buses were cited as prompting the directive.
- His remarks included harsh language accusing both 'Arabs' and 'Zionists' of being murderous, drawing support for the safety rationale and criticism of the rhetoric in commentary.