| Meir Kahane  AKA Martin David Kahane
Born: 1-Aug-1932
Birthplace: New York City
Died: 5-Nov-1990
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Assassination
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Activist Nationality: Israel
Executive summary: Founder of Jewish Defense League Emigrated to Israel in 1971, and founded the ultra-radical Kach Party which fielded candidates for the Knesset starting in 1974. The aims of this party were to rid the state of Israel of its Arab population, and establish theocracy. Sexual union between Jew and Arab would be punished by death.[1] To combat this movement, in 1985 the Israeli constitution was modified to outlaw racist political parties, and at that time Kahane lost his Knesset seat when he was unable to run for reelection. In 1990 he was assassinated by Egyptian-American El Sayyid Nosair in New York City. Ten years later, his son was murdered in the West Bank during a Palestinian attack.
[1] Gershom Gorenberg, The End of Days: Fundamentalism and the Struggle for the Temple Mount (2000), page 128.
Son: Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (d. 2000 murder)
University: BA, Brooklyn College (1954)
Law School: LLB, New York Law School (1956)
University: MA International Affairs, New York University (1957)
Israeli Knesset (1984-85)
Jewish Defense League Founder (1968)
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