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  Kach and Kahane Chai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kach was a far-right political party in Israel founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane.
The second was the establishment of a Jewish theocracy inside the borders of Eretz Yisrael (the biblical land of Israel).
Kach was originally led by Rabbi Avraham Toledano and later by Baruch Marzel out of Hebron.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kach_and_Kahane_Chai   (843 words)

  
 Kach and Kahane Chai
In 1968, Rabbi Meir Kahane established the Jewish Defense League, the forerunner of the Kach movement.
The Kach movement first sought election to the Knesset in 1973, but received only about 13,000 votes, which were not enough to win a seat.
Kach appealed to the High Court of Justice, and its appeal was upheld.
www.ict.org.il /organizations/orgdet.cfm?orgid=19   (842 words)

  
 Kach Kahane Chai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kach (founded by radical Israeli-American rabbi Meir Kahane) and its offshoot Kahane Chai, which means "Kahane Lives," (founded by Meir Kahane’s son Binyamin following his father’s assassination in the United States) were declared to be terrorist organizations in March 1994 by the Israeli Cabinet under the 1948 Terrorism Law.
This followed the groups’ statements in support of Dr. Baruch Goldstein’s attack in February 1994 on the al-Ibrahimi Mosque— Goldstein was affiliated with Kach—and their verbal attacks on the Israeli Government.
Kach has harassed and threatened Arabs, Palestinians, and Israeli Government officials.
www.fas.org /irp/world/para/kach.htm   (177 words)

  
 History
By 1984 Kach held several seats on local city councils in the West Bank, and after nearly a decade of electoral misfortune Meir Kahane was elected to the Knesset (Israel's parliament).
The declared goal of the Kach movement is "to restore the biblical state of Israel", and to secure the sovereignty of Eretz Israel ("the Land of Israel", the land of the people called Israel).
Kach is a right-wing Israeli nationalist movement that stands by a strict interpretation of Torah scriptures.
filebox.vt.edu /users/josimpso/Kach.htm   (1057 words)

  
 Terrorism - In the Spotlight: Kach and Kahane Chai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kach and Kahane Chai are perhaps two of the best-known Israeli groups who use terrorist tactics to promote their agenda, but their amorphous membership links them to a number of smaller groups, including Eyal.
Kach and Kahane Chai stemmed from the anti-Arab teachings of Rabbi Meir Kahane, who founded and led Kach until his assassination in 1990.
His movement continued to gain support, but in 1985 Israeli laws were amended to disqualify parties that oppose democracy and incite racism.
www.cdi.org /terrorism/kach.cfm   (652 words)

  
 Kach and Kahane Chai -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kach was an (A person who holds extreme views) extremist (Click link for more info and facts about right-wing) right-wing (Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine) Israeli party led by (Click link for more info and facts about Meir Kahane) Meir Kahane.
Support the armed struggle of an enemy state or a (A political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals) terrorist organization against the state of Israel.
Kach was led by (Click link for more info and facts about Baruch Marzel) Baruch Marzel out of (Click link for more info and facts about Hebron) Hebron.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kach_and_kahane_chai.htm   (885 words)

  
 Kach and Kahane Chai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This effectively ended Kach's existence as a political party.
It had chapters worldwide as well as a youth movement, Noar Meir.
International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism: Kach and Kahane Chai
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kach_movement   (843 words)

  
 BBC News | MONITORING | Israeli extreme right group seeking reinstatement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Israel's extreme right-wing Kach movement has petitioned the Israeli Supreme Court for the reinstatement of its legal status, Israel radio said on Monday.
Kach and a sister group, Kahana-hai, were both outlawed after the 1994 Hebron massacre by Kach sympathizer Baruch Goldstein, in which many Palestinians were shot dead.
A Kach spokesman said that four years had passed and it was time the movement was allowed to express itself legally.
news.bbc.co.uk /low/english/world/monitoring/newsid_50000/50603.stm   (113 words)

  
 Irish Republican Army
The movement appears to be divided into two factions: one led by Ayman al-Zawahiri—currently in Afghanistan—and the Vanguards of Conquest (Talaa' al-Fateh) led by Ahmad Husayn Agiza.
In the earlier PKK documents throughout the 1980s it is stated that the main aim of the movement is to achieve freedom for the Kurdish people, because the Kurds are oppressed, victims of colonialism and have the right to self determination.
At its second National Congress in May 1990, the PKK decided to establish friendly relations with religious movements that were considered to truly fight against the regime.
www.eyespymag.com /terrorgroupsI-K.htm   (7243 words)

  
 Kach and Meir Kahane: The Emergence of Jewish Quasi-Fascism by Ehud Sprinzak
The main thesis is that Kach is a quasi-fascist movement, the first of its kind in the history of Israel, and that it has acquired this character during a long process of politicization.
Gush Emunim had everything that Kach and Kahane lacked: it was a cohesive cultural and social entity; it had a skilful, yet modest, collective leadership, as well as an effective membership.
Kach seems to fit this pattern and it seems reasonable to suggest that, in the long run, it will lose much of its appeal and most of its political power.
www.geocities.com /alabasters_archive/kach_and_kahane.html   (7493 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kahane Chai (Kach) “is a group of Jewish terrorists whose overall aim is to restore the biblical state of Israel.
It described Kach and Kahane Chai (they are listed as a single group by the Canadian government) as “marginal Israeli groups that have used terrorism to pursue their goals of expanding Jewish rule across the West Bank and expelling the Palestinians.
Israel outlawed Kach in 1994 after Baruch Goldstein, a U.S.-born Kach supporter, killed 29 worshippers and wounded dozens in a machine gun attack in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, the COFR recounted.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=6500   (568 words)

  
 Israeli Terrorism Frightens USA - PRAVDA.Ru
In 1984, Kahane presented his movement in the Zionist parliament of the eleventh convocation.
The movement directly controls the committee which provides security to the Jewish organizations that have exercised special activity during the first intifada.
The movement Kach attempts to demolish Al-Aqsa Mosque, Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem and organizes imprudent skirmishes near the dome.
www.mafhoum.com /press6/164T45.htm   (625 words)

  
 Kach and Kahane Chai   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kach and Kahane Chai are Israeli extremist organizations.
The actions of Kach and Kahane Chai have in fact gone far beyond the threats and harassment outlined by the US State Department, and have included killings, such as 29 Palestinians murdered by member Baruch Goldstein.
Shortly afterwards, the Knesset voted for changing Israel's basic law (which has a constitutional status), in a way that would forbid racist movements from standing for election to the Knesset.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/kach_and_kahane_chai.html   (347 words)

  
 MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base
The Kach movement (Hebrew for "Thus") emerged from this international JDL office.
Rooted in extremist Jewish ideology, Kach sought to restore the Biblical land of Israel by annexing all the disputed territories of Israel and forcibly removing all Arabs.
Kach has vehemently opposed the peace process, threatening and using violence against both Arabs and Israeli government officials.
www.tkb.org /Group.jsp?groupID=61   (623 words)

  
 israelinsider: politics: MK Michael Kleiner among speakers at banned Kahane memorial
Despite a court-ordered ban on holding a rally in a Jerusalem hall, dozens of Kach activists held an impromptu memorial Sunday night marking the 11th anniversary of Rabbi Meir Kahane's assassination.
Kach activists attempted last night to force their way into the Hechal David hall in Jerusalem's Romema neighborhood despite bans issued by the police and Jerusalem Magistrates Court.
"Because the demonstration is being organized by members of Kach and Kahane Hai, organizations that were outlawed and defined in 1994 as terror organizations, the police have banned this demonstration," a police spokesman said earlier in the week.
web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Politics/363.htm   (846 words)

  
 KACH AND KAHANE CHAI ALTERNATE GENIE SEARCH ENGINE, INC
Kach was a far-right political_party in Israel founded by Rabbi Meir_Kahane.
Kach candidates ran for seats in the Knesset in 1973, only three years after Kahane's arrival to Israel.
Both groups were outlawed by Israel in 1994 under anti-terrorism laws following statements in support of Baruch_Goldstein's (himself a Kach member but his action were not out of the oganization but opertated on his own) massacre of Arabs at the Cave_of_the_Patriarchs after his friends were killed by Arab Terrorists.
www.agseinc.com /Kach_and_Kahane_Chai   (809 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Zionist movement garnered many supporters but the real cause for its widespread popularity was the growth of anti-Semitism in Europe during the twentieth century.
The movement was started by Rabbi Meir Kahane when he immigrated to Israel from the United States in 1971.
Both movements were officially banned in 1994 by the Israeli government after being deemed terrorist organizations under the guidelines of the 1948 Terrorism Law, and both appear on the U.S. State Department's list of Terrorist Organizations.
www.earlham.edu /~pols/17Fall97/middleeast/jewish.htm   (1457 words)

  
 Kach - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kach and Kahane Chai are radical Jewish organizations.
However, as they were elected, the Knesset voted for changing Israel's basic law[?] (which has a constitutional status), in a way that would forbid racist movements from balloting in elections to the Knesset.
Kahane Chai was led by Meir's son Binyamin until he was murdered in 2000.
openproxy.ath.cx /ka/Kahane_Chai.html   (243 words)

  
 Whiskey Bar: Killing Arabs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Goldstein was a leading activist in Kach, the Jewish extremist group whose symbol is a clenched fist and whose members believe Arabs have to be expelled from Israel and the West Bank.
Kach and Kahane Chai are perhaps two of the best-known Israeli groups who use terrorist tactics to promote their agenda...
And of course a settler movement that produces (and apparently in many cases still admires) a madman who assasinated the Prime Minister, is not about to blanch at knocking off a few Arabs should there be a suitable opportunity.
billmon.org /archives/000596.html   (3853 words)

  
 The New York Review of Books: ON THE WEST BANK
On the letterhead of the Kach movement stationery on which Mr.
It is true that Israeli police could not prove that Kach people were responsible for acts of terror in Hebron during March, including the wounding of a four-year-old Arab girl.
Another Kach supporter, Eli Guttman, was convicted of the murderous assault on the Mosque of Omar in April 1981, which set off a general strike.
www.nybooks.com /articles/6011   (903 words)

  
 Kach Movement (Israel)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
This movement was banned from taking part in the elections after the Supreme Court decision that it is a racist movement whose aims are in contradiction with the democratic nature of Israel.
Four years later the Supreme Court banned his movement from running again, basically because the movement was against the democratic character of the state.
Kakh (Kach in English spelling) is a Hebrew word meaning 'thus', taken from the slogan of the Irgun (a 1940s militant group), Rak Kakh or 'Only Thus'.
www.flagspot.com /flags/il}kakh.html   (961 words)

  
 MessianicDirectory.com Zionist Movement Page 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
We felt a need to send a message to the world out there and particularly to the Israeli Jewish youth that all is not lost and that there are many young Jews out there who are ready to take on the responsibility of the second generation.
KACH INTERNATIONAL was founded by our saintly father and leader Rabbi Meir Kahane ZT”L HY”D the purpose of it was to create a real Jewish state.
A state that would be a light unto the nations, a state that does not bow to flmail or threats, a state of power not weakness.
www.messianicdirectory.com /zionist/zionist.html   (651 words)

  
 Political Parties (Israel)
The Freedom Movement (Kherut) which also after some unifications is today's Likud Party was a rival fraction in 1948 and therefore had no part in the 'Provisional Government'.
Yedi'ot Akhronot newspaper of 23rd May 2001 showed two pictures (first and second) of flags that were carried during the flag dance of Bnei Akiva —a religious youth movement connected with the Mafdal or National Religious Party— that took place the day before in front of Jerusalem wall.
There were two kinds of flags in the dance, the national flag and another one based on the national flag with a logo replacing the magen David.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/il}.html   (475 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
A former Montreal resident who was a known Kach activist before making aliyah two years ago will spend the next three months in an Israeli jail on suspicion he was planning to disrupt the Gaza withdrawal by attacking Palestinians.
Efraim led the Montreal chapter of the New Kach Movement, a spinoff off the Kahane Chai Movement, that is now on both the U.S. and Canadian terrorist lists.
A March 13, 2001, letter signed “Efraim Hershkovits/New Kach Movement” can still be found on the discussion forum of the Kahane organization’s website chatroom.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=7068   (1419 words)

  
 Kach Israel/ Kahane Chai Israel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kach Party, Kahane Chai and Revenge Underground, pp 253-254.
See index under "Kach Movement" and "Kahane, Meir" for specific references.
Examines Israel's decision to outlaw Kach and Kahane Chai.
www.au.af.mil /au/aul/bibs/tergps/tgkac.htm   (331 words)

  
 Kach movement Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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 Kach and Kahane Chai - RSCI, The Science Classification Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Kach and Kahane Chai - RSCI, The Science Classification Index
Both appealed to the Supreme Court, which upheld the disqualification of Kach due to racism, but reversed the disqualification of the Progressive List.
This page was last modified 02:04, 3 Dec 2004 by Science Index user User:.
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