Kach
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Kach () was a radical Orthodox Jewish, religious Zionist political party in Israel, existing from 1971 to 1994. Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in 1971 based on his Jewish-Orthodox-nationalist ideology (subsequently dubbed Kahanism), the party won a single seat in the Knesset in the 1984 elections, after several electoral failures. However, it was barred from participating in the next elections in 1988 under the revised Knesset Elections Law banning parties that incited racism. After Kahane's assassination in 1990 the party split, with Kahane Chai ("Kahane Lives") breaking away from the main Kach
Key facts
- Political party.name
- Kach
- Political party.logo
- Logo of Kach.svg
- Political party.leader
- Meir Kahane
- Political party.headquarters
- Jerusalem
- Political party.international
- None
- Political party.country
- Israel
- Political party.founded
- 1971
- Political party.banned
- 13 March 1994
- Political party.wing1_title
- Paramilitary wing
- Political party.wing1
- Jewish Defense League
- Political party.position
- Far-right
- Political party.religion
- Orthodox Judaism (mainly Hardal)
- Political party.colors
- Gold
- Political party.flag
- 200px
- Political party.seats1_title
- Most MKs
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Wikidata facts
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- Commons category
- Kach
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1994-03-13
- sRGB color hex triplet
- FFD700
- native label
- כך
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20 sectionsContents
- Background
- Early history
- Kahane enters the Knesset
- Ban from running in elections
- Kahane's death and party split
- Party ban on Kach and Kahane Chai
- Aftermath
- Political platform
- Arabs
- Economy and employment
- Education
- Foreign affairs
- Land and sovereignty
- Military
- Press
- Religion
- Electoral history
- See also
- References
- External links
Kach () was a radical Orthodox Jewish, religious Zionist political party in Israel, existing from 1971 to 1994. Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in 1971 based on his Jewish-Orthodox-nationalist ideology (subsequently dubbed Kahanism), the party won a single seat in the Knesset in the 1984 elections, after several electoral failures. However, it was barred from participating in the next elections in 1988 under the revised Knesset Elections Law banning parties that incited racism. After Kahane's assassination in 1990 the party split, with Kahane Chai ("Kahane Lives") breaking away from the main Kach faction.
The party was ultimately also barred from standing in the 1992 elections and both organisations were banned outright in 1994 by the Israeli cabinet under 1948 anti-terrorism laws, following statements in support of Baruch Goldstein's massacre of 29 Palestinians at the Cave of the Patriarchs (Goldstein himself was a Kach supporter).