Yisroel Dovid Weiss

Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss
Weiss at New Horizons International Conference in Mashhad, Iran, 2018
Born1952 (age 7273)
United States
Known forActivist and spokesman for a branch of Neturei Karta

Yisroel Dovid Weiss (Yiddish: ישראל דוד ווייס; born 1952) is an American Jewish anti-Zionist and spokesman for the worldwide religious group Neturei Karta. Residing in Monsey, New York, he believes that Jews should peacefully oppose the existence of the Israeli state: "It would be forbidden for us to have a State, even if it would be in a land that is desolate and uninhabited." He advocates a complete return of land to Palestinians, rejecting the '67 borders and advocating coexistence. He believes that the restoration of the Land of Israel to the Jews should only happen with the coming of the Messiah, and not by self-determination.

In 2006, Weiss was criticized for attending the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust, which promotes Holocaust denial. Co-speakers included David Duke and convicted Holocaust deniers. Weiss, who himself lost most of his family in the Holocaust, stated that he acknowledges the Holocaust's historical reality but criticizes Israelis for exploiting it, asserting that many Jews oppose Zionism.