In 1984 Kahane’s ideas were too much for Israel – now?
JVL Introduction
Meir Kahane was an extreme right wing Israeli politician who believed in removing all “Arabs”. His views were considered so extreme that he was arrested more than 60 times in Israel. In 1984, his took the one seat that his Kach party gained but in 1988 he was barred from standing again.
This article asserts that much of what he stood for, certainly in terms of ethnic cleansing has now become mainstream. This is not new but becoming more entrenched. This 2022 article “Kahanism: A legacy of violence and racism in Israel” also explored these issues, amongst which it notes that the USA *under Biden) removed the designation of terrorism from a Kahanist group. The reason given was that it had not been linked to a terrorist incident since 2005 but there were strong objections from experts who asserted that “the radical right-wing movement may be even more influential today than during its inception.”
In the nearly three years since then, such influence has strengthened, especially since October 7th. with the likes of Ben Gvir (until recently) and Smotrich in the government.
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This article was originally published by Ha'aretz on Tue 18 Feb 2025. Read the original here.
Kahane's Vision of Ethnic Cleansing Lives on in Netanyahu
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Time for UK to send a naval force to the Gazan coast to provide whatever assistance is needed to break the blockade. Ridiculous that Israel is allowed to deny Palestinians free movement. I have suggested this to UK prime minister but he is too indebted to BICOM et al to act. Trevor Chinn did put up the money for his party leadership campaign
It really is extraordinary that Israel has a universal free pass including drawing little criticism for changing the agreed ‘peace deal’ whenever they please. It is the complete reverse in Ukraine, where the victim is aided by the west, rather than the aggressor, as should be the case. Some kind of military intervention is long overdue. All this should not bloody need to be said.