The Kach Party of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane HY”D was outlawed in Israel, and one may or may not have agreed with the late MKs views, but it is becoming increasingly evident that much of what he preached is proving correct, and unfortunately, his less than optimistic prediction regarding Israel’s Arab citizens are also playing out in a number of areas.
YWN-Israel reported that Arab MK Jamal Zahalka was expelled from the Erev Chadash Israel TV news magazine program after shouting Ehud Barak enjoys listening to classical music and killing the children of Gaza. Veteran journalist and Erev Chadash host for the past 27 years Dan Margalit expelled the Arab MK, requesting that he leave the studio.
As the exchange of words between Margalit and Zahalka became increasingly vocal, the Arab MK as he was leaving the station lost his cool, insisting nothing can change the fact that the “blood of the Palestinian children cries from the ground” due to Israel’s Operation Cast Lead, rejecting any attempt by Margalit to place the blame on Hamas and over 8,000 rockets fired by the terrorist regime during the past years.
While off stage but still in the studio, and his voice heard, the Arab MK shouted “Tel Aviv is Sheikh Munis”, making reference to the former Arab village in the northern Tel Aviv area, the very same area on which the Erev Chadash studio is situated. R’ Kahane warned years ago that the battle is not over Yehuda and Shomron, but once the so-called loyal Israeli Arabs realize they are winning the battle, they will move ahead towards conquering the entire package, demanding Tel Aviv and Haifa, insisting they were ousted from their homes in 1948, seeking the total dismantling of the State of Israel. Ironically, the rabbi was shunned when he shouted a blue Israeli identity card, teudat zehut, will not buy the loyalty of Arab citizens, and their singing of the “Yearning of being a free people on our land” as is stated in the Hatikvah national anthem is nothing short of absurd.
When Margalit accused him of seeking to conquer this too, he replied, “No! I was born here. You are the immigrant”, again in line with the philosophy that Israel has ousted him and others from their homes and all or much of the State of Israel is “occupied”.
The Movement for Quality Government on Sunday joined the voices calling on the state attorney general to investigate the Arab MKs remarks, which at the very least may be a violation of the law prohibiting incitement.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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6 Responses
What IRONY!!!
Some 30 or so years ago Olmert debated Rabbi Kahane ztzvk”l.(you can see this on youtube!) R’ Kahane said the Arabs had to be removed from Israel because of the demographic problem, i.e. because of the nature of Israel’s democracy it was only a matter of time before there would be enough arabs to vote in an arab Prime minister and vote the Jewish state out of existance.
Olmert said Kahane was a fanatic and that what he said would never happen, and was too far-fetched to even think about.
THE IRONY… During (and after) the Gush Katif expulsion, OLMERT HIMSELF (and his ilk) claimed that it was necessary BECAUSE OF THE DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEM, i.e there were too many arabs for Israel to be able to control or govern in the framework of a Jewish state!!! The leftists are still using the same claim NOW as a reason to expel Jews from Yehuda and Shomron! So The left finally actually does acknowledge that R’ Kahane was/is right! The only difference is that he said the solution was to move out the arabs, and the chilonim want to throw out the JEWS!!!
what an easy political strategy kahana had: “tell the truth”. seems like he may have needed a speech writer to gently edit for him, maybe not. his inertia was a missle into the direction of truth
yes. many of us agreed then with r. kahane about his theories of the future. but his actions & ideas of what to do about it – well thats a different story.
It is important for every reader of Yeshiva World News to know that every Halachah, every Hashkafah, every word and idea that emanated from Rav Kahane’s mouth was based completely, 100% on Torah.
The Gemara says “the seal of Hakadosh Baruch Hu is Emes (truth)”. The Rav always spoke the truth fearlessly, even if it was unpopular, for he feared only Hakadosh Baruch Hu.
Baruch Hashem, in the past four years, there has been a revolution. Many Torah-true Jews of all stripes have begun to learn the Torah teachings of Rav Meir Kahane. I can only hope this trend continues. The best place to begin is with his Halachic magnum opus, entitled “Ohr Hara’ayon”. The audio and video recordings found on the internet are also a great source of authentic Torah wisodom.
Hashem Yekkom Dammoh!
Number 1 is so right.
As time passes we realize more and more the wisdom and foresight that Meir Kahana had.
I am no youngster. Frankly, I was skeptical of him when he lived and wrote.
Now I have to admit how right he was in every way.
Kahane Tzeduk!!!