Meir Kahane

From lost ship to new battleground: Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir using Altalena in election spat - analysis

Ben-Gvir publicized the find without informing Netanyahu or Defense Minister Israel Katz, surprising both men, a detail that quickly fed speculation about tensions between the coalition partners.

The search for the remains of the Altalena, published August 24, 2026.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir holds a press conference at the Etzel Museum in Tel Aviv, following the announcement that the wreck of the Altalena had been located intact at a depth of 503 meters off Israel’s coast. August 24, 2026.

Ben-Gvir took one of Likud's strongest symbols and turned it against Netanyahu - opinion

 Rabbi Meir Kahane at a New York news conference, Aug. 31, 1984.

Under Netanyahu, Meir Kahane’s doctrine has contaminated Likud - opinion

An IDF soldier appearing to wear a patch with the emblem of the banned far Right Kach party, December 6, 2025.

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


Who is Itamar Ben-Gvir, the loyal student of Meir Kahane? - opinion

He presents himself regularly as being a follower of Kahane and speaks passionately about Kahane at annual memorial ceremonies for his rabbi and teacher.

Itamar Ben Gvir

Kahanists rail against government, ceasefire with Gaza

Kahanist movement in Israel commemorated the 29th anniversary of the murder of Rabbi Meir Kahane on Thursday night.

Rabbi Meir Kahane, leader of the "Kach" movement, speaking against terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, May 8, 1984

Then and Now: Kahane and Ben-Ari’s bans and the Israeli Overton window - analysis

The ideas that got Kach banned are still outside the acceptable discourse in Israel, but quite a few of Kahane’s other proposals are present today and, apparently, within the Overton window.

Michael Ben-Ari attends a hearing at Israel's Supreme Court in Jerusalem March 13, 2019

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)