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Thursday, February 21, 2019
Ben Gvir: Otzma Yehudit’s ideology identical to Kahane but our path is different
Otzma Yehudit’s Itamar Ben Gvir, who is placed on the 8th spot in a united list with the Jewish Home party, tells the Ynet news site that his faction’s ideology is “identical” to that of Meir Kahane, but their path is different.
Kahane’s Kach party was barred from running in the 1984 elections due to its incitement to violence and the movement was later banned from Israel entirely under anti-terrorism laws.
Asked to elaborate how his path is now different, Ben Gvir says that in the past he would have gone to protests and shouted in order to enact change; now as a lawyer he petitions the High Court of Justice.
The far-right activist condemns the “character assassination” being done to Kahane in recent days.
