Meir Kahane Quotes


it is not decency or goodness or gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.


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Meir Kahane, 1932–1990, Israeli Founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Kach political party, Rabbi and Terrorist Leader, Justification of the Jewish Defense League Tactics of Illegal Violence

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Meir Kahane
Meir Kahane
  • Born: August 1, 1932
  • Died: November 5, 1990
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Clergyman

Rabbi Meir David HaKohen Kahane was an American-born Israeli ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who served one term in Israel's Knesset. 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 that led to a 1971 criminal conviction in the United States for conspiracy to manufacture explosives intended for the Soviet Mission to the United Nations in New York City, and in Israel for plotting to blow up the Libyan embassy in Brussels in revenge for the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich; in each case he received a suspended sentence and probation.