Kach
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- 26 As explained by Kach's leader, Baruch Marzel, "we feel God gave us, in the six-day war, with a miracle, this country."
- Kach Party
- Kach movement
- Kach and Kahane
Examples
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After Meir Kahane's death, the Kach Party was banned over the Baruch Goldstein incident.
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Ironically, there is a great degree of similarity between the stands of the Jewish Kach and Islamic Hamas organizations:
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In March 1983, dozens of religious Jews, again affiliated with Kach and Gush Emunim, were found digging their way into the Haram.
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Two soldiers with links to the Gush Emunim and Kach movements were charged; they were defended at the time by attorney Roni Milo, the current Israeli Police Minister.
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Kahane's Kach party advocated population exchanges with Arab countries, annexing Judea and Samaria, and introducing basic elements of Judaism as Israeli laws.
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At that point, the Israeli Supreme Court banned Kach for racism despite the fact that Israeli law explicitly removes religious arguments from the definition of racism, and Rabbi Kahane's every statement was firmly rooted in Jewish law, halacha.
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The Kach party was known for its extreme positions on Israeli nationalism and was banned for inciting violence against Arabs.
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During the 1980s, the Kach Party gained notoriety for its controversial views and was eventually classified as a terrorist organization.
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Kach, founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane, sought to promote a Jewish state governed by biblical law and opposed any form of compromise with Palestinians.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Kach comes from Hebrew where kach can mean 'thus' or be a short command meaning 'take'. That's why the group used Kach as its name: it sounds like a firm call to action, and today Kach is known as that militant political group.