Kach

Kach and Kahane Chai are radical Israeli-Jewish organizations. They have been declared illegal by Israeli authorities for supporting acts of terrorism against the Israeli-Arab minority, and Israel's goverment.

Initially Kach was led by Meir Kahane. The party participated in the 1983 elections, where the right-wing votes helped it win several places in the Knesset (Israeli parliament). However, as they were elected, the Knesset voted for changing Israel's basic law (which has a constitutional status), in a way that would forbid racist movements from balloting in elections to the Knesset. Kahane appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court, but it supported the law and he was forced out of the Knesset.

Following Kahane's assassination in 1990, the movement was renamed "Kahane Chai" ("Kahane Lives"). It was outlawed by Israel in 1992 as racist and terrorist, but enjoys several hundred hard-core supporters who occasionally show up.

External link

• The Kahane website
• The New Kach Movement

See also

• Jewish Defense League
• Terrorism against Arabs