Trump hosts 'first-of-its kind' meeting with anti-Zionist Hasidic leaders ahead of Rosh Hashanah
The invitation itself sparked criticism from some of Trump's pro-Israel supporters, given the anti-Zionist stance of the Satmar Hasidic movement.
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US President Donald Trump hosted a "first-of-its kind" meeting with Hasidic rebbes and ultra-Orthodox leaders at the White House on Thursday, ahead of Rosh Hashanah. The gathering, described as the first such meeting in the Oval Office in over 50 years, included leaders from anti-Zionist dynasties such as Satmar, Skver, Bobov, and Vizhnitz, as well as the Beth Medrash Govoha yeshiva.
"tens of thousands of Jews in Eretz Yisroel (the Land of Israel) are in distress because of the decree to draft yeshiva students."
The primary objective of the meeting was to pressure Trump and Israeli decision-makers regarding exemptions from military service for yeshiva students in Israel. Rabbi Aron Teitelbaum of Satmar stated his intention to appeal to the president to help with this situation, hoping to make US support for Israel conditional on these exemptions.
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