Meir Kahane
 Meir Kahane     (activist) | |
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| Born | August 1, 1932 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| Died | 5 November 1990 (Age 58) |
| Nationality | Israeli, US |
| Founder of | Jewish Defence League |
| Victim of | assassination |
| Interest of | "Philip Cross" |
| Party | Kach |
A cofounder of the Jewish Defense League and founder of the Israeli political party Kach, he was assassinated in New York in 1990. | |
Meir David HaKohen Kahane, born Martin David Kahane[1], was an American-born Israeli ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who served one term in Israel's Knesset.[2] A cofounder of the Jewish Defense League and founder of the Israeli political party Kach, he espoused militant views and actions to combat anti-Semitism.
Assassination
Kahane was assassinated[3][4][5] by El Sayyid Nosair, an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen who had trained in Pakistan. He was initially charged and acquitted of the murder.[6] Nosair was later convicted of the murder in U.S. 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.[7] He was sentenced to life imprisonment and later made a confession to federal agents.[8]
References
- ↑ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Meir-Kahane
- ↑ https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/kahane.html
- ↑ 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
