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Rabbi David Weiss is the head of Neturei Karta.

Posted by The Pete Quiñones Show, Checked

Polygraph verdictMixed
Sources
7 contradict1 support
Said
1 time·
Confidence
60%
The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
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The sources identify Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss ("Dovid" is David) as a prominent Neturei Karta figure, usually described as its spokesman or North American spokesperson, and some sources call him a leader.

This claim is about the present, so it is judged as of the day it was checked.

What was said

… You know, they're running out of people to move there. Well, and they're so, and they're so overrun by homosexual, by homosexuals. I mean, there is no the reproduction is bound to, bound to peter out. I remember when Rabbi Weiss, Rabbi David Weiss, who many people know, who's a personal friend of mine, actually the head of Netaura Karta, which was a vehemently they were actually at the Holocaust Conference in Iran. What was that, 15, 20 years ago? Um, talking about the exploitation of this, the very fact they call it the Holocaust, as if, you know, this is a superior event, is arrogant. …
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What we found

Contradicts. Sources describe Weiss as the group's spokesman or North American spokesperson, not its head, and Britannica's 2026 entry calls him a spokesman for the movement.[2][3][4][5][6]

Contradicts. A 2007 Reuters report names Yisroel Hirsch as leader of Neturei Karta in Israel, and Conspiracy Watch says the branch led by the Hirsch family is represented in the US by Weiss, indicating the group lacks a single head matching the claim.[1][7]

Supports. Multiple sources identify Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss as a leading Neturei Karta figure, with the alternate name "Dovid Weiss" matching "David Weiss".[2][3][4][8]

Context. The claim was posted on 2026-10-01 and the sources are dated later; none of the sources report a change in Weiss's role, so the status as of the posting date is not changed by later coverage.[3][5][8]

Sources

8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 7 not rated

  1. 1Anti-Israel "rabbis" face fallout from Jewish worldreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
  2. 2Neturei Karta - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
  3. 3Neturei Karta (NK) - Influence Watchinfluencewatch.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
  4. 4Neturei Karta: an Orthodox Jewish sect that doesn't believe ...theworld.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
  5. 5Neturei Kartabritannica.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
  6. 6Jewish group rises above noise to voice solidarity with ...dailysabah.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
  7. 7Neturei Karta - Conspiracy Watchconspiracywatch.info · not rated · cited for: contradicts
  8. 8Israel Weiss · IsraelPediaisraelpedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports, context

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