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Kahanism is loosely defined as an ideology of dedication and self-sacrifice for Jewish causes, such as physical and spiritual freedom and safety of Jews in Israel and worldwide. The term is derived from the name of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane (1932-1990), founder of the Jewish Defense League in USA and the Kach party in Israel . Based on fundamentalist Jewish beliefs , it influenced all types of Jews, from non-observant to Orthodox and Ultraorthodox ; it has also drawn strong criticism and hostility from the Jewish establishment. Typically the term has negative connotation, implying violence and intolerance of the ideology ascribed to political opponents. Indeed, Rabbi Meir Kahane and his followers resorted to violence when they believed it was necessary in order to achieve their goals, albeit it was mostly done for attracting media attention with the hopes of influencing government policy. Given this image, very few individuals profess to being Kahanists; the term is frequently misused to discredit Religious Zionists , Zionists in general, or violent Jewish nationalists , who may not be connected to Meir Kahane or Kahanism in any way. The Jewish Defense League was formed in 1968 to combat anti-Semitism in the United States and to fight for freedom of the Soviet Jews. Not all Kahane supporters were Zionists or even Jewish. However, the term Kahanism was coined later, reflecting the views Rabbi Kahane expressed while he was active in Israeli political life . Chief among these is the idea that the State of Israel should defend itself against Arab and Nazi enemies, and thus should accord full citizenship exclusively to Jews , and that all gentiles should be accorded equal rights except voting provided they accept Jewish Religious Law .1Revision history of Kahanism See change history of this article for an example of attempts to associate Gush Emunim and Asher Weissgan with Kahanism God's Law: an Interview with Rabbi Meir Kahane : "Any non-Jew, including the Arabs, can have the status of a foreign resident in Israel if he accepts the law of the Halacha .2I don’t differentiate between Arabs and non-Arabs. The only difference I make is between Jews and non-Jews. If a non-Jew wants to live here, he must agree to be a foreign resident, be he Arab or not. He does not have and cannot have national rights in Israel. He can have civil rights, social rights, but he cannot be a citizen; he won’t have the right to vote.3
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Kahanism is a right-wing Religious Zionist movement which some consider to be an extremist fringe movement, named after one of its major proponents, Rabbi Meir Kahane . Following Kahane's assassination in 1990 , the movement was split in two. One splinter group is headed by Kiryat Arba settler leader Baruch Marzel , while the other by Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane of Kfar Tapuach , who was assassinated in 2000 .
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Kahanism is a Jewish ideology based on the views of Rabbi Meir Kahane , founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Kach party in Israel , who said that the State of Israel must defend itself against its enemies.Kach has been banned by Israel and labeled a terrorist group by the US State Department. God's Law: an Interview with Rabbi Meir Kahane : "Any non-Jew, including the Arabs, can have the status of a foreign resident in Israel if he accepts the law of the Halacha . I don’t differentiate between Arabs and non-Arabs. The only difference I make is between Jews and non-Jews. If a non-Jew wants to live here, he must agree to be a foreign resident, be he Arab or not. He does not have and cannot have national rights in Israel. He can have civil rights, social rights, but he cannot be a citizen; he won’t have the right to vote.
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Kahanism is an extremist Jewish ideology based on the views of Rabbi Meir Kahane , founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Kach party in Israel . Kahane maintained the view that the majority of Arabs living in Israel are enemies of Jews and Israel itself, and believed that a Jewish theocratic state , where non-Jews have no voting rights, should be created.The Kach party has been banned by the Israeli government and the U.S.State Department has labeled it a Foreign Terrorist Organization . I don’t differentiate between Arabs and non-Arabs. The only difference I make is between Jews and non-Jews. If a non-Jew wants to live here, he must agree to be a foreign resident, be he Arab or not. He does not have and cannot have national rights in Israel. He can have civil rights, social rights, but he cannot be a citizen; he won’t have the right to vote.
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Far-right political ideology Flag of Kach, used by Kahanists Kahanism ( ) is a religious Zionist ideology based on the views of Rabbi Meir Kahane , founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Kach party in Israel . Kahane held the view that most Arabs living in Israel are enemies of Jews and Israel itself, and believed that a Jewish theocratic state , where non-Jews have no voting rights, should be created. The Kach party has been banned by the Israeli government. State Department designated it a Foreign Terrorist Organization .In 2022, it was removed from the U.S. terror blacklist due to "insufficient evidence" of the group's ongoing activity, but it remains a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity.The Otzma Yehudit party, which has been called Kahanist and anti-Arab , won six seats in the 2022 election and is a member of the current Israeli government . I don’t differentiate between Arabs and non-Arabs. The only difference I make is between Jews and non-Jews. If a non-Jew wants to live here, he must agree to be a foreign resident, be he Arab or not. He does not have and cannot have national rights in Israel. He can have civil rights, social rights, but he cannot be a citizen; he won’t have the right to vote. The Times of Israel .The Times of Israel .
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Religious Zionist ideology Flag of Kach, used by Kahanists Kahanism ( Hebrew : כהניזם ) is a religious Zionist ideology based on the views of Rabbi Meir Kahane , founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Kach party in Israel . Kahane held the view that most Arabs living in Israel are the enemies of Jews and Israel itself, and believed that a Jewish theocratic state , where non-Jews have no voting rights, should be created. The Kach party has been banned by the Israeli government. State Department designated it a Foreign Terrorist Organization . In 2022, it was removed from the U.S. terror blacklist due to "insufficient evidence" of the group's ongoing activity, but it remains a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity. The Kahanist Otzma Yehudit party won six seats in the 2022 election and is a member of the Israeli government , though it left between 21 January and 19 March 2025 because the government had agreed to a ceasefire in the Gaza war during that time.The party, and the Kahanist movement as a whole, have been described as espousing Jewish fascism .
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loosely defined as an ideology of dedication and self-sacrifice for jewish causes
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religious zionist ideology based on the views of rabbi meir kahane
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