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Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the far-right Kach movement, is shot dead after a speech at a New York City hotel.
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Meir Kahane
American-Israeli politician (1932–1990)
Meir David HaKohen Kahane was an American-born Israeli Orthodox ordained rabbi, writer and ultra-nationalist politician. Founder of the Israeli political party Kach—whose legacy continues to influence militant and far-right political groups active today in Israel—he was…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kach
Political party in Israel
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, the party won a single seat in the Knesset in the 1984 elections, after several…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assassination of Meir Kahane
1990 murder in New York City, U.S.
Meir Kahane, an Israeli American rabbi, ultranationalist politician and convicted domestic terrorist, was assassinated by El Sayyid Nosair on 5 November 1990 at the New York Marriott East Side hotel in Manhattan, New York City.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)