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[[Baruch Goldstein]], a longtime friend of founder Kahane, was heavily involved in Kach and is noted for perpetrating the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre during a Purim service in Hebron on February 25, 1994, killing 29 Palestinian Muslim worshippers and wounding another 125. | [[Baruch Goldstein]], a longtime friend of founder Kahane, was heavily involved in Kach and is noted for perpetrating the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre during a Purim service in Hebron on February 25, 1994, killing 29 Palestinian Muslim worshippers and wounding another 125. | ||
The movement is admired by several far-right Israeli political parties today, including the [[Jewish National Front]], [[Eretz Yisrael Shelanu]], and [[Otzma Yehudit]]. It also had connections to the [[Jewish Defense League]], as several Kahanists later joined the JDL. | The movement is admired by several far-right Israeli political parties today, including the [[Jewish National Front]], [[Eretz Yisrael Shelanu]], and [[Otzma Yehudit]]. It also had connections to the [[Jewish Defense League]], as several Kahanists later joined the JDL. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Meir 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 most 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]]. | Meir 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 most 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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[[Category:Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Villains]] | [[Category:Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Mongers]] | [[Category:Mongers]] | ||
[[Category:Xenophobes]] | [[Category:Xenophobes]] | ||
[[Category:Supremacists]] | [[Category:Supremacists]] | ||