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


Ben-Gvir is Kahane's replica and a cancer in Israeli society - opinion

Itamar Ben-Gvir, a replica of Meir Kahane, not only has the full rights of every other MK, he has full access to all parts of the Israeli media. His only welcome mat should be on racist Channel 14.

 MK ITAMAR BEN-GVIR addresses the Knesset plenum as Ra’am (United Arab List) Party leader Mansour Abbas presides during a session in November.

Jerusalem highlights: Week of December 24-30

What's new in Israel's capital in the upcoming week.

 AVIVA URI, Untitled.

Israeli far-right ex-MK Meir Kahane assassinated in NYC 31 years ago

His assassination is considered by many to be the first act of Islamic terrorism on US soil. * His legacy and that of his ideology remains strong and controversial to this day.

Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the "Kach" movement, speaking against terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, May 8, 1984

Kahane's extremist ideas continue to resonate in the US and Israel

Shaul Magid, reviewing a new biography of Meir Kahane, acknowledges that he was a chauvinist, racist and xenophobe. However, his ideas about Jewish identity and a nearing apocalypse resonate today.

 Supporters pray at the grave of Meir Kahane in Jerusalem in 1995.

What was the Soviet Jewish exodus like? One woman's story told in new book

The stories of the American and Israeli efforts to break the hold on Soviet Jewry are told in a new book.

 Natan Sharansky addresses the book launch of ‘Hidden Heroes’ in Jerusalem on August 31 as author Pamela Braun Cohen looks on.

How Meir Kahane’s ideas entered the Jewish mainstream

Born in Brooklyn in 1932, Meir Kahane was elected to the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, in 1984 on an extremist platform calling for Arabs to be expelled from Israel, among other ideas.

Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the "Kach" movement, speaking against terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, May 8, 1984

Ben-Gvir praises Kahane, hilltop settlers in maiden Knesset speech

The MK praised his Otzma allies banned from Knesset as "lovers of Israel," lamented that Arab MKs Ayman Odeh and Ahmad Tibi were allowed to enter Israel's parliament.

Itamar Ben-Gvir head of the Otzma Yehudit (“Jewish Power”) Party attends preparations for the new Knesset on April 5.

Editor of Jewish Press revealed as one of the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters

Elliot Resnick was identified in a video of the Capitol breach by an anonymous researcher and first reported by Politico.

Elliot Resnick, the chief editor of the Jewish Press, was among the Capitol rioters on Jan. 6.

Smotrich: Muslims who don’t agree Israel belongs to Jews, won’t remain here

Tibi tweeted a screenshot of a message he received which called to kill and deport Arabs from Israel, saying that he had been "flooded" with similar threats since Smotrich's tweet.

MK BEZALEL SMOTRICH speaks during a Knesset plenary session on August 24.

How it really was: Please memories, sad auguries

Ben-Gvir=Smotrich=Druckman=Netanyahu=Kahane=The United “F” Front.

American writer James A. Michener