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8 pages. 215 x 140 mm. Written while Kahane was at the MCC (Metropolitan Correctional Center) in downtown Manhattan, as stated in the work. Meir David HaKohen Kahane (born Martin David Kahane)(Brooklyn, August 1, 1932 - Manhattan, November 5, 1990) was an American-born Israeli ordained Orthodox rabbi, writer, and ultra-nationalist politician who served one term in Israel's Knesset before being convicted of acts of terrorism. A cofounder of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), he espoused strong views against antisemitism. He organized defense squads and patrols in Jewish neighborhoods, and demanded that the Soviet Union release its oppressed Jews. He supported violence against those he regarded as enemies of the Jewish people, and called for immediate Jewish mass migration to Israel to avoid a potential "Holocaust" in the United States, popularizing the slogan Never Again. He supported the restriction of Israel's democracy to its Jewish citizens, and endorsed the annexation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In 1971 he co-founded Kach ("Thus"), a new political party in Israel. That same year, he was convicted in New York for conspiracy to manufacture explosives and received a suspended sentence of five years. In Israel, he was convicted 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, receiving a suspended sentence and probation. (The arms used in the Munich Olympics Massacre were brought into Germany in Libyan diplomatic pouches). In 1984, he became a member of the Knesset, when Kach gained its only-ever seat in parliamentary elections. Kahane was boycotted across the aisles of the Knesset, and would often speak in front of an empty chamber. The Israel Broadcasting Authority similarly avoided coverage of his activities. The Central Elections Committee tried to ban Kahane from running in the 1984 elections, but this ban was overturned by the Supreme Court because there was no law to support it. In response, the Knesset approved an ad hoc law that allowed for the banning of parties that are "racist" or "undemocratic". In 1988, despite polls showing Kach gaining popularity due in part to the ongoing First Intifada, Kach was banned from entering that year's elections. Kahane publicized his Kahanism ideology through published works, weekly articles, speeches, debates on college campuses and in synagogues throughout the United States, and appearances on various televised programs and radio shows. In Israel, he proposed enforcing Halakha as codified by Maimonides and hoped that Israel would eventually adopt Halakha as state law. Non-Jews wishing to dwell in Israel would have three options: remain as "resident strangers" with limited rights, leave Israel and receive compensation for their property, or be forcibly removed without compensation. While serving in the Knesset in the mid-1980s Kahane proposed numerous laws, none of which passed, to emphasize Judaism in public schools, reduce Israel's bureaucracy, forbid sexual relations between Jews and non-Jews, separate Jewish and Arab neighborhoods, and end cultural meetings between Jewish and Arab students. Kahane was assassinated in a New York City hotel by an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen in November 1990. He was active in protests against Ernest Bevin, the British Foreign Secretary who had Jewish blood on his hands, having maintained restrictions on the immigration of Jews from Europe to Eretz Israel during the Holocaust, and enforced them even against Holocaust survivors after the end of the Second World War. In 1947, Kahane was arrested for throwing eggs and tomatoes at Bevin, who was disembarking at Pier 84 on a visit to New York. A photo of the arrest appeared in the New York Daily News. Kahane chose to fight for Jewish rights, and was willing to use extreme measures. . . . Seller Inventory # 016527
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Title: What Makes Bernie Run? (Federal prison, ...
Publisher: Jewish Identity Center of Jerusalem, 1133 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10010 Suite 426
Publication Date: 1975
Binding: Paper Wrappers
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
