The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/kach-party/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:44:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Kach party | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/kach-party/ 32 32 State attorney indicts former hard-right MK for incitement to racism against Arabs https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-attorney-indicts-former-hard-right-mk-for-incitement-to-racism-against-arabs/ Sun, 14 Jul 2024 20:45:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3331816 Michael Ben Ari, founder of Itamar Ben Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party, accused of calling Arab citizens of Israel 'enemies,' 'a fifth column,' 'occupiers,' and 'a nation of murderers'

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]]> Sinéad O’Connor to Ben Gvir in 1997: ‘You bring terror to the children of the world’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/sinead-oconnor-to-ben-gvir-in-1997-you-bring-terror-to-the-children-of-the-world/ Thu, 27 Jul 2023 16:06:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3060535 Irish singer who died Wednesday wrote to the far-right activist, who was 21 at the time, after he took credit for canceling her concert in Jerusalem

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]]> Cafe owners who protested legal shakeup return to sign with Jewish terror group logo https://www.timesofisrael.com/cafe-owners-who-protested-legal-shakeup-return-to-sign-with-jewish-terror-group-logo/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 17:33:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2957401 After notifying customers they'd be closed to attend Jerusalem protest, Cafe Israela owners return to find flier bearing Kach logo and urging boycott of eatery

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]]> Former far-right extremist claims Ben Gvir sent him to vandalize UN compound in 2001 https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-far-right-extremist-claims-ben-gvir-sent-him-to-vandalize-un-compound-in-2001/ Tue, 21 Feb 2023 10:09:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2956992 Photojournalist Gilad Sade says national security minister would pay teenagers to spray graffiti, damage property in East Jerusalem, West Bank; aides to Ben Gvir deny accusations

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]]> Ultranationalists launching party to the right of Ben Gvir’s extremist Otzma Yehudit https://www.timesofisrael.com/ultranationalists-launching-party-to-the-right-of-ben-gvirs-extremist-otzma-yehudit/ Thu, 17 Nov 2022 09:20:06 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2876831 Baruch Marzel and Michael Ben-Ari, founders of Otzma Yehudit who are both banned from running in elections due to incitement, to start new, even more extreme party

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]]> Ben Gvir responds to former ally’s criticism: ‘I am not Rabbi Kahane’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/ben-gvir-responds-to-former-allys-criticism-i-am-not-rabbi-kahane/ Wed, 31 Aug 2022 18:04:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2828134 After Baruch Marzel accuses him of 'flexible ideology,' far-right Otzma Yehudit leader says party 'is not a continuation of Kach'

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]]> Daily Briefing May 24: Flags and prayer in the Old City; US envoy finds a home https://www.timesofisrael.com/daily-briefing-may-24-flags-and-prayer-in-the-old-city-us-envoy-finds-a-home/ Tue, 24 May 2022 10:58:19 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2768302 Arab affairs reporter Aaron Boxerman on Jerusalem tensions to come; US correspondent Jacob Magid looks at Democratic primaries, ex-terror group Kach and US ambassador's new house

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]]> US removes radical Jewish group Kach, 4 others from list of terror organizations https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-removes-radical-jewish-group-kach-4-others-from-list-of-terror-organizations/ Fri, 20 May 2022 23:40:44 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2766867 State Department says organizations no longer engage in terrorism and do not have capability and intent to do so

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]]> US set to remove Kahane’s ‘Kach’ group from foreign terrorism blacklist https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-set-to-remove-kahanes-kach-group-from-foreign-terrorism-blacklist/ Sun, 15 May 2022 17:47:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2763148 State Department notifies Congress that five defunct groups, including the Jewish extremist movement, to have designation dropped; Palestinian jihadist group also to be delisted

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]]> Facebook bans far-right political figures Marzel, Ben Ari from its platforms https://www.timesofisrael.com/facebook-bans-far-right-activists-marzel-ben-ari-from-its-platforms/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:44:48 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2598043&preview=true&preview_id=2598043 Company cites support for terror organizations Kach and Kahane Chai; Marzel says he doesn't have an account, but may sue anyway over 'libelous' claim he backs terror groups

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]]> AG calls for disqualifying extremist right candidates Gopstein, Marzel https://www.timesofisrael.com/ag-calls-for-disqualifying-extremist-right-candidates-gopstein-marzel/ Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:01:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2129718&preview=true&preview_id=2129718 But Avichai Mandelblit, in legal opinion, says no grounds to ban Otzma Yehudit's Itamar Ben Gvir; dismisses claims against Blue and White, Joint List

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]]> AG to urge disqualifying extremist right candidates Gopstein, Marzel https://www.timesofisrael.com/ag-to-urge-disqualifying-extremist-right-candidates-gopstein-marzel/ Mon, 12 Aug 2019 20:50:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2129112 TV report says Avichai Mandelblit's recommendation centers on the Otzma Yehudit leaders' racist public statements

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]]> Otzma Yehudit candidate: Critics have to go back 30 years in order to attack us https://www.timesofisrael.com/otzma-yehudit-candidate-critics-have-to-go-back-30-years-in-order-to-attack-us/ Sun, 24 Feb 2019 20:54:46 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2024545 Itamar Ben Gvir says that while he admires Meir Kahane, his party is not calling to expel all Arab citizens -- only those who are 'disloyal' to state

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]]> Meir Kahane: One Likud PM called him dangerous; another is wooing his disciples https://www.timesofisrael.com/meir-kahane-one-likud-pm-called-him-dangerous-another-is-wooing-his-disciples/ Sat, 23 Feb 2019 16:09:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2024326 A political merger of far-right parties brokered by Netanyahu meets strong opposition over the possibility that Kahanists could enter the Knesset, or even a government coalition

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]]> Extremist party that backs booting non-Jews seen by PM as vital for his victory https://www.timesofisrael.com/extremist-party-viewed-as-linchpin-to-keeping-netanyahus-government-afloat/ Wed, 20 Feb 2019 15:04:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2022492 Jewish Home leaders had been wary of scaring off moderate supporters by merging with the Kahanist Otzma Yehudit, but PM's warning of 'leftist' threat appears to have won them over

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