Meir Kahane

Controversial Kach patch spotted on active IDF soldier's uniform - Army Radio

The patch contained the emblem of the banned far Right Kach party, based on the teachings of Rabbi Meir Kahane.

An IDF soldier appearing to wear a patch with the emblem of the banned far Right Kach party, December 6, 2025.
 Rabbi Meir Kahane at a New York news conference, Aug. 31, 1984.

'Kahane was right': Likud MK defends far Right Jewish terrorist in fiery Knesset debate

 Ira Savetsky and Lizzy Savetsky attend a Thomas Ashbourne Craft Spirits and Fleishigs Magazine event on Sept. 18, 2022 in New York City.

Influencer Lizzy Savetsky called a video of Meir Kahane ‘the truth' — and set off a firestorm

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Man arrested in Toronto after claiming membership to Jewish terror group 


Analysis: Banning of Ben-Ari unprecedented and uneven

It’s unclear why Michael Ben-Ari of Otzma Yehudit can’t run now when he could in 2009, after which he was a Member of Knesset for nearly four years.

An advertisement for the Otzma Yehudit party featuring Michael Ben-Ari, Baruch Marzel, Itamar Ben-Gvir and Benzti Gopstein in Jerusalem, February 14, 2019

Otzma on disqualification: Israel is not a democracy, it’s a judicial junta

Meretz boasts about getting Ben Ari out of the running.

An ad for the Otzma Yehudit party with Dr. Michael Ben-Ari, Baruch Marzel, Itamar Ben-Gvir, and Bentzi Gopstein on a bus in Jerusalem, March, 2019

Benny Gantz slams Netanyahu: Meir Kahane would be proud

Gantz said he and the other leaders of Blue and White were the true successors of Menachem Begin, as well as former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Otzma files NIS 100,000 lawsuit against Lau for slander

Rabbi Meir Kahane's call for separation between Jews and Arabs in the '80's is a red line for Rabbi Lau, but comparing his followers in the Otzma Yehudit party to Nazis is a red line for them.

Member of Knesset Meir Kahane of the Kach party (left) addressing the plenary session of Knesset, October 8, 1988

Who are the Kahanists of Otzma Netanyahu opened Knesset door to?

Otzma Yehudit- or Jewish Power in English– is an offshoot of a political movement that has been designated a terrorist organization abroad and banned from Knesset lists since the 1980s.

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Kahane lives? Why Netanyahu may have pushed Otzma into the Knesset

Thanks to Netanyahu, Otzma Yehudit, whose name means “Jewish Power,” has a real shot.

The late rabbi Meir Kahane, pictured here on a poster.

Bayit Yehudi, Otzma Yehudit agree to run on one list

The parties said they will form a “technical bloc” whereby Bayit Yehudi and National Union will be a joint faction, as they have been for the past two Knessets, and Otzma will operate independently.

Betzalel Smotrich (L) and Michael Ben-Ari (R)

Far-right Knesset candidate Marzel calls to kick out Arabs

Otzma Yehudit candidate called for all Jews, even left-wing ones, to make aliyah. He also called most Arabs "enemies of Israel."

Baruch Marzel with supporters. File photo

Far-right Otzma Yehudit Party to run in next election

Otzma Yehudit, which means “Jewish strength,” is seen as an ideological descendant of the outlawed Kach Party of assassinated MK Rabbi Meir Kahane.

Baruch Marzel

Will banned right-wing extremist party Kach return to the Knesset?

Attorney Itamar Ben-Gvir wrote a letter to Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit this week, asking for him to legalize the party.

The flag of Kach