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Author Yossi Klein Halevi joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for this week's What Matters Now. (Shlomit Bard/Flash90)
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Yossi Klein Halevi: Why Jewish extremism is so seductive – and dangerous
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Yossi Klein Halevi
The author of 'Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist' plumbs his personal experiences to share insight into the psyche of those fringe settlers who are lighting up the West Bank
Shin Bet director David Zini attends the funeral of an Israeli soldier at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, March 27, 2026, (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
July 13, 2026, 7:49 pm
Zini recommends banned extreme-right party be allowed to register for elections
High Court allows delay for hearing on ‘Yisrael Yehudit Shlema Ve’eitana,’ a Kahanist offshoot party; senior Shin Bet figures said to disagree with agency chief, deputy
By ToI Staff
Shin Bet director David Zini at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem during Memorial Day on April 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 2, 2026, 1:46 pm
Shin Bet chief seeks rethink of decision that led to disqualification of extreme-right party
Zini asks AG for time to examine agency info on movement with Kahanist roots, which led to its rejection by Parties Registrar; Supreme Court grants 9-day delay for hearing
By Yuval Yoaz and Nava Freiberg
MK Nissim Vaturi speaks during a committee meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on, August 4, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 12, 2025, 11:50 pm
Likud MK: Meir Kahane ‘was right about many things, today he’d get the Israel Prize’
Statement by Nissim Vaturi, which sparks heckling, marks stark departure from Likud’s opposition to extremist rabbi when he served in Knesset in the 1980s before being banned
By ToI Staff and Sam Sokol
Protesters march toward the Knesset on March 25, 2025, holding a banner that reads, 'Protecting Democracy' (Credit Yair Palti/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
March 25, 2025, 1:47 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 25: Day 536 – Gov’t, High Court and AG face off on Shin Bet chief
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon discusses legalities of firing Ronen Bar and probe into police; archaeology reporter Rossella Tercatin talks ancient church, and sex among religious teens
By Jessica Steinberg, Jeremy Sharon and Rossella Tercatin
Lizzy Savetsky wears a Star of David top ahead of the United Jewish Appeal Generosity Gala in New York City, March 14, 2024. (Courtesy)
February 26, 2025, 11:02 am
Pro-Israel influencer Lizzy Savetsky praises Meir Kahane clip, setting off firestorm
Other pro-Israel voices condemn normalization of extremist rabbi who urged expulsion of Arabs, while calls for mass transfers of Palestinians have moved into the mainstream
By Ben Sales
Reuven Kahane (Courtesy)
December 6, 2024, 10:37 am
Charges dismissed against NY rabbi accused of hitting Columbia protesters with car
Reuven Kahane, cousin of late extremist rabbi Meir Kahane, says he merely shouted at demonstrators who were banging on his vehicle; charges also dropped against two protesters
By Luke Tress
Itamar Ben Gvir in the Knesset on November 13, 2024. (Chaim Goldbergl/Flash90)
November 21, 2024, 2:59 pm
US blasts Ben Gvir over visit to grave of extremist rabbi Kahane
State Department says celebrating legacy of ‘terrorist’ Kach party leader is ‘abhorrent;’ Jerusalem memorial event hosted by Ben Gvir’s associate Bentzi Gopstein draws hundreds
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas since the October 7 attacks lift flags and placards as they demonstrate calling for their release in Tel Aviv on August 10, 2024. (Oren Ziv / AFP)
August 14, 2024, 2:03 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 14: Day 313 – Would a failed hostage deal mean regional war?
Political reporter Tal Schneider on raised stakes for talks in Doha, High Court petition by IDF fighters’ parents; reporter Jeremy Sharon on Minister Ben Gvir’s Temple Mount visit
By ToI Staff
A security volunteer yells at a protester outside the Ashdod military cemetery on May 13, 2024. (Sam Sokol/Times of Israel)
May 13, 2024, 7:14 pm
‘I’m a Kahanist’: Police volunteer shouts at elderly protester on Memorial Day
Incident occurs when supporters of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and their opponents clash at Ashdod military cemetery
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: Police face pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel demonstrators near the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, on May 6, 2024 in New York. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
May 9, 2024, 9:16 pm
Cousin of extremist rabbi Kahane charged for allegedly ramming woman at NY anti-Israel protest; Update: Charges dismissed
Police say Reuven Kahane drove car into safety marshal, who was lightly hurt in NYC incident; Kahane denies links to cousin’s Jewish Defense League, calls his politics ‘pro-peace’
By Jake Offenhartz
Longtime Kahanist political figure Baruch Marzel confronts a police officer during an ultranationalist protest outside the Old City of Jerusalem, December 7, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 7, 2023, 11:32 pm
Police shut down ultranationalist march in Jerusalem, saying terms were violated
Small rally organized by Kahanist group was slated to traverse the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City; police said inflammatory signs and chants meant event couldn’t continue
By Jeremy Sharon
A roll of stickers reading 'Yigal Amir was right' seen at at right-wing pro government demonstration in Jerusalem on September 7, 2023. (Courtesy/Bar Shem-Ur)
September 9, 2023, 9:00 am
Organizers claim stickers praising extremists at rally handed out by ‘provocateurs’
Dozens of participants at pro-government demonstration were seen wearing stickers proclaiming that Yigal Amir, Baruch Goldstein, Amiram Ben Uliel and Meir Kahane ‘were right’
By ToI Staff
Dr. Sara Hirschhorn at Jerusalem's Nomi Studios, May 16, 2023. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)
May 19, 2023, 9:34 am
What Matters Now to historian Sara Hirschhorn: Extremism is now mainstream
For an American scholar of Israel’s ultranationalistic movements, a research trip that coincides with the Jerusalem flashpoint Flag March couldn’t have been better timed
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A Tag Meir coexistence activist gives a Muslim woman a flower during the organization's ninth annual Flower March through the Old City of Jerusalem designed to spread a message of "love, inclusion and solidarity" ahead of the nationalist Jerusalem Day Flag March, May 18, 2023. (Yossi Zamir/Tag Meir)
May 18, 2023, 3:07 pm
‘Flower March’ spreads ‘love, inclusion’ to counter contentious Jerusalem Flag March
Tag Meir group hands out flowers in Old City, urges nationalist march be kept out of Muslim Quarter; right-wing organizer insists route not problematic, condemns racist chants
By Jeremy Sharon
Security footage shows right-wing protesters trying to take down a pride flag from a balcony in Tel Aviv, April 1, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 2, 2023, 5:02 pm
Right-wingers try to remove pride flag from Tel Aviv balcony, twice in a week
Resident accuses youths of swearing, throwing objects at home; says police ‘powerless’ to respond; fears Molotov cocktail attack may come next
By ToI Staff
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