Meir Kahane

From lost ship to new battleground: Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir using Altalena in election spat - analysis

Ben-Gvir publicized the find without informing Netanyahu or Defense Minister Israel Katz, surprising both men, a detail that quickly fed speculation about tensions between the coalition partners.

The search for the remains of the Altalena, published August 24, 2026.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir holds a press conference at the Etzel Museum in Tel Aviv, following the announcement that the wreck of the Altalena had been located intact at a depth of 503 meters off Israel’s coast. August 24, 2026.

Ben-Gvir took one of Likud's strongest symbols and turned it against Netanyahu - opinion

 Rabbi Meir Kahane at a New York news conference, Aug. 31, 1984.

Under Netanyahu, Meir Kahane’s doctrine has contaminated Likud - opinion

An IDF soldier appearing to wear a patch with the emblem of the banned far Right Kach party, December 6, 2025.

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


Israel is turning into a racist, Kahanist state - Former IDF deputy chief

"These processes - of becoming a dictatorship and a radical state, are in direct contrast to the Declaration of Independence," the former military deputy said.

Otzma Yehudit leader Itamar Ben-Gvir prior to his entry into politics can be seen speaking Israeli attorney Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a ceremony marking the 27th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Meir Kahane, November 7, 2017

Ben-Gvir sues BDS activist for alleged libel on Kahanist operations

Gilad Sade claimed that when he was 14 years old, Ben-Gvir ordered him to sabotage vehicles belonging to the UN in Jerusalem in order to create a diplomatic incident.

 NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to the media before a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem.

Editor's Notes: The kids are not alright

Israeli teens lead the world in volunteerism and acts of selfless kindness, but there's a strain of extremism snaking its way through Israel’s youth that may change the face of the country.

 STUDENTS TAKE a matriculation exam at a high school in Jerusalem. There is a strain of extremism snaking its way through Israel’s youth that, if left unchecked, may change the face of the country for years to come (Illustrative).

High Court hears arguments against Ben-Gvir ministerial appointment

Attorney Gilad Barnea argued that Itamar Ben-Gvir's appointment was unreasonable, just like Arye Deri.

 Israeli minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, for petitions against his appointment as Israeli minister of National Security, April 3, 2023.

'Kahane lives' graffitied on window of Tel Aviv LGBTQ+ Center

The slogan refers to Meir Kahane, the convicted Jewish terrorist and founder of the outlawed Kach political party.

 The message "Kahane lives" was found sprayed onto a wall of an LGBTQ+ center in Tel Aviv on April 1, 2023.

10% of Israeli Jews think terrorist Baruch Goldstein is a 'national hero' - poll

Baruch Goldstein was a Jewish settler and terrorist who massacred 29 Palestinians in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in 1994. Some Israelis still support him.

 An ultra-orthodox Jew, in 1995, kisses the tombstone of Baruch Goldstein, the Israeli settler who in 1994 shot and killed 29 Palestinians as they prayed in a mosque in Hebron

Israeli café owner joins judicial reform protest, threatened with Kach logo

The Kfar Saba cafe received an outpouring of support after a note with the Kach emblem was sent to the owners in response to their attendance at an anti-government protest.

 L: The emblem of the late Meir Kahane's Kach movement RIGHT: Protesters arrive in Jerusalem to demonstrate against judicial reform, February 20, 2023.

'Heil Kahane': Former Meretz leader likens Ben-Gvir to a Nazi

In a now-deleted tweet, Zehava Galon shared a photo of the Otzma Yehudit chairman with his right arm raised in the air.

 L: Former Meretz leader Zehava Gal-On, R: National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir

Sacks, Carlebach and Kahane: Three different rabbis, remembered - opinion

The elevated expositions of Rabbi Sacks, the beautiful teachings of Rabbi Carlebach and the angry warnings of Rabbi Kahane are not of equal value or validity. Yet they are perhaps various sides to th

 The Yarzheits of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, Shlomo Carlebach, and Meir Kahane all fell in the same week of November, 2022.

A former Jewish extremist explains today's Israeli politics

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov.

 Israeli attorney Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a ceremony marking the 27th anniversary of the death of Rabbi Meir Kahane after he was assassinated by an Arab gunman in a Manhattan hotel in November 1990, in Jerusalem, November 7, 2017