Meir Kahane

Controversial Kach patch spotted on active IDF soldier's uniform - Army Radio

The patch contained the emblem of the banned far Right Kach party, based on the teachings of Rabbi Meir Kahane.

An IDF soldier appearing to wear a patch with the emblem of the banned far Right Kach party, December 6, 2025.
 Rabbi Meir Kahane at a New York news conference, Aug. 31, 1984.

'Kahane was right': Likud MK defends far Right Jewish terrorist in fiery Knesset debate

 Ira Savetsky and Lizzy Savetsky attend a Thomas Ashbourne Craft Spirits and Fleishigs Magazine event on Sept. 18, 2022 in New York City.

Influencer Lizzy Savetsky called a video of Meir Kahane ‘the truth' — and set off a firestorm

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Man arrested in Toronto after claiming membership to Jewish terror group 


Kahane's extremist ideas continue to resonate in the US and Israel

Shaul Magid, reviewing a new biography of Meir Kahane, acknowledges that he was a chauvinist, racist and xenophobe. However, his ideas about Jewish identity and a nearing apocalypse resonate today.

 Supporters pray at the grave of Meir Kahane in Jerusalem in 1995.

What was the Soviet Jewish exodus like? One woman's story told in new book

The stories of the American and Israeli efforts to break the hold on Soviet Jewry are told in a new book.

 Natan Sharansky addresses the book launch of ‘Hidden Heroes’ in Jerusalem on August 31 as author Pamela Braun Cohen looks on.

How Meir Kahane’s ideas entered the Jewish mainstream

Born in Brooklyn in 1932, Meir Kahane was elected to the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, in 1984 on an extremist platform calling for Arabs to be expelled from Israel, among other ideas.

Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the "Kach" movement, speaking against terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, May 8, 1984

Ben-Gvir praises Kahane, hilltop settlers in maiden Knesset speech

The MK praised his Otzma allies banned from Knesset as "lovers of Israel," lamented that Arab MKs Ayman Odeh and Ahmad Tibi were allowed to enter Israel's parliament.

Itamar Ben-Gvir head of the Otzma Yehudit (“Jewish Power”) Party attends preparations for the new Knesset on April 5.

Editor of Jewish Press revealed as one of the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters

Elliot Resnick was identified in a video of the Capitol breach by an anonymous researcher and first reported by Politico.

Elliot Resnick, the chief editor of the Jewish Press, was among the Capitol rioters on Jan. 6.

Smotrich: Muslims who don’t agree Israel belongs to Jews, won’t remain here

Tibi tweeted a screenshot of a message he received which called to kill and deport Arabs from Israel, saying that he had been "flooded" with similar threats since Smotrich's tweet.

MK BEZALEL SMOTRICH speaks during a Knesset plenary session on August 24.

How it really was: Please memories, sad auguries

Ben-Gvir=Smotrich=Druckman=Netanyahu=Kahane=The United “F” Front.

American writer James A. Michener

Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the loyal student of Meir Kahane? - opinion

He presents himself regularly as being a follower of Kahane and speaks passionately about Kahane at annual memorial ceremonies for his rabbi and teacher.

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Kahanists rail against government, ceasefire with Gaza

Kahanist movement in Israel commemorated the 29th anniversary of the murder of Rabbi Meir Kahane on Thursday night.

Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the "Kach" movement, speaking against terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, May 8, 1984

Then and Now: Kahane and Ben-Ari’s bans and the Israeli Overton window - analysis

The ideas that got Kach banned are still outside the acceptable discourse in Israel, but quite a few of Kahane’s other proposals are present today and, apparently, within the Overton window.

Michael Ben-Ari attends a hearing at Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem March 13, 2019