Neturei Karta
/ˌnɛtəreɪ ˈkɑːtə/noun
In Israel: the name of an orthodox, anti-Zionist movement.
- The movement was founded in 1938, splitting off from Agudat Israel..
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Zionist Review. From modern Hebrew nāṭōrē qartā and its etymon Aramaic nāṭōrē qartā, lit. ‘guardians of the city’ (Jerusalem Talmud, Hagiga 76c).