Kach and Kahane Chai
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Kach
כ"ך |
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| Leader | Meir Kahane |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Dissolved | 1994 (banned) |
| Headquarters | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Paramilitary wing | Jewish Defense League |
| Ideology |
Religious Zionism Orthodox Halacha Halachic state Kahanism Population transfer Free market Ultranationalism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Orthodox Judaism (mainly Hardal) |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colors | Gold |
| Most MKs | 1 (1984) |
| Election symbol | |
| כך | |
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Kach (Hebrew: כ"ך) was a radical Orthodox Jewish, ultranationalist political party in Israel, existing from 1971 to 1994. Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in the early 1970s, and following his Jewish nationalist-Orthodox ideology (subsequently dubbed Kahanism), the party entered the Knesset following the 1984 elections, after several electoral failures. However, it was barred from participating in the next election in 1988 under the revised Knesset Elections Law banning parties that incited racism. After Kahane's assassination in 1990, the party split, with Kahane Chai (Hebrew: כהנא חי, "Kahane Lives") breaking away from the main Kach faction. The party was also barred from standing in the 1992 election, and both organisations were banned outright in 1994. Today, both groups are considered terrorist organisations by Israel,Canada, the European Union, and the United States. The groups are believed to have an overlapping core membership of fewer than 100 people.
Kahane immigrated to Israel from the United States in September 1971, at first declaring that he would only involve himself in Jewish education. However, he soon became involved in controversy, initiating protests advocating the expulsion of Arabs from Israel and the Palestinian territories. In 1972 Jewish Defense League leaflets were distributed around Hebron, calling for the mayor to stand trial for the 1929 Hebron massacre.
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