Kahanism is a term named after Israeli Rabbi Meir Kahane (1932-1990). It refers to an organization and, more generally, to other movements or groups that share a belief in the fundamental tenets of its ideology. 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 pr...
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Kahanism is a term named after Israeli Rabbi Meir Kahane (1932-1990). It refers to an organization and, more generally, to other movements or groups that share a belief in the fundamental tenets of its ideology. 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. The FBI categorize Kahanism and Meir Kahane as religious extremists.
The central claim of Kahanism is that the vast majority of the Arabs of Israel are now, and will continue to be, enemies of Jews and Israel itself, and that a Jewish theocratic state, governed by Halakha, absent of a voting non-Jewish population and including Israel, the West Bank, Gaza Strip, areas of modern-day Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and even Iraq should be created. Kahanism is also associated with support for violence against...
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