Meir Kahane
 Meir Kahane     ( activist, politician) | |
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| Born | Martin David Kahane August 1, 1932 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | 5 November 1990 (Age 58) |
| Nationality | • Israeli • US |
| Alma mater | New York University |
| Founder of | Jewish Defence League, Kach |
| Victim of |  assassination |
| Interest of | "Philip Cross" |
| Party | Kach |
Meir David HaKohen Kahane was an American-born Israeli ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who served one term in Israel's Knesset.[1]
A co-founder of the Jewish Defense League Kahane, with several JDL members, was convicted of acts related to domestic terrorism, including leading the attack on the Soviet United Nations mission in 1975.
Later that same year, Kahane was convicted of conspiring to kidnap a Soviet diplomat, bomb the Iraqi embassy in Washington, and ship arms abroad from Israel. He consequently served a one year imprisonment, albeit in a hotel.
Move to Israel
In 1971, Kahane moved to Israel and became a citizen, where he initiated protests calling for the expulsion of both Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians of the Israeli-occupied territories, which led to his arrest dozens of times. In the same year, he founded Kach, a political party that initially failed to gain any seats in the Knesset.
In 1980, Kahane was arrested for the 62nd time since his emigration, and he was jailed for six months for planning armed attacks against Palestinians. Kahane was held in prison in Ramla, where he wrote the book "They Must Go".
"They Must Go" from Gaza
In February 2025, Max Blumenthal and Aaron Maté discussed Donald Trump's dystopian master plan for Gaza, and the frightening Israeli blueprint by Rabbi Meir Kahane ("They Must Go") that likely inspired it.[2]
| Donald Trump’s Final Solution for Gaza |
- “Every day,” wrote Rabbi Kahane, “the Arabs of Israel move closer to becoming a majority. Are we Israel committed to national suicide? Should we allow demography, geography, and democracy to push Israel closer to the abyss?
- Is there a solution? Rabbi Kahane insists, “Yes.” In this explosive manifesto, he set forth the only plan to save Israel. Israeli Arabs would be given the options of accepting noncitizenship, leaving willingly with compensation, or being forcibly expelled without compensation. Controversial? Yes. Could the Arabs be convinced to leave?
Assassination
Kahane was assassinated[4][5][6] by El Sayyid Nosair, an Egyptian-born US citizen who had trained in Pakistan. He was initially charged and acquitted of the murder.[7] Nosair was later convicted of the murder in US District Court for his involvement in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. Prosecutors were able to try Nosair again for the murder because the federal indictment included the killing as part of the alleged terrorist conspiracy.[8] He was sentenced to life imprisonment and later made a confession to federal agents.[9]
References
- ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/kahane.html
- ↑ "Trump’s Final Solution for Gaza"
- ↑ "They Must Go"
- ↑ Juergensmeyer, Mark (2003). Terror in the Mind of God. University of California Press. p. 59
- ↑ Katz, Samuel M. "Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the manhunt for the al-Qaeda terrorists", 2002
- ↑ Hamm, Mark S (2007). Terrorism as Crime: From Oklahoma City to Al-Qaeda and Beyond. NYU Press, p 29
- ↑ https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5DA1330F930A15751C1A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all
- ↑ CNN Jenkins, Brian. "Sheik, others convicted in New York", October 1, 1995, CNN
- ↑ Scheffler, Gil. "Sharon was Kahane killer's target", Aug 15, 2010, The Jerusalem Post
