Tag: NAZI FAR RIGHT

NOVANEWS HOW NETANYAHU’S EMBRACE OF THE ISRAELI FAR RIGHT UNMASKED ZIONISM by Tony Greenstein In 1984, Rabbi Meir Kahane, the founding leader of the openly racist Kach party, managed to enter the Knesset after securing some 26,000 votes. Despite his rising political profile, however, the far-right rabbi was not welcomed with open arms in the Israeli parliament – whenever he spoke, all the other 119 members of the Knesset (MKs) would walk out. MKs were so disturbed by Kahane’s presence in the parliament that in August 1985 they even passed a revision to the Electoral Law which banned parties “inciting racism” – including Kach – from participating in future elections. The problem was that this amendment also disqualified parties which opposed the existence of the Israeli state ...