Meir Kahane (1 August 1932 – 5 November 1990) was an American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi, writer, and politician who served in the Israeli Knesset. He called for the creation of a Jewish theocracy in Israel, governed by the Halakha, in which non-Jews (including Arabs both in Israel proper and the occupied territories) would have to accept non-citizenship as "resident aliens" or be forcibly deported if they refused to leave with compensation. He often engaged in efforts to intimidate Arabs to persuade them to leave. He was assassinated by El Sayyid Nosair, who is speculated to be affiliated with al Qaeda. He founded the Jewish Defense League, which was declared a terrorist group by the United States and Israel.

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• I prefer a powerful and proud Jewish State that is hated by the entire world than an Auschwitz that is loved by one and all.
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• The poor Palestinians who today kill Jews with explosives and firebombs and stones are part of the same people who when they had all the territories they now demand be given to them for their state -attempted to drive the Jewish state into the sea.
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• Every Arab is a proud Arab, a good nationalist. And because of this, he is opposed to the existence of the state of Israel.
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• I say the Arabs must leave Israel, precisely because I believe if the Arabs stay, they'll become the 'good Arabs' as I understand the term.
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• The question is as follows: if the Arabs settle among us and make enough children to become a majority, will Israel continue to be a Jewish state? Do we have to accept that the Arab majority will decide? Obviously, nobody in Israel can accept this. Because to accept this would amount to being anti-Zionist!
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• Western democracy has to be ruled out. For me that’s cut and dried: there’s no question of setting up democracy in Israel, because democracy means equal rights for all, irrespective of racial or religious origins. Therefore democracy and Zionism cannot go together. And Israel’s Declaration of Independence, which proclaimed this state to be a Jewish state, is a totally schizophrenic document. You just can’t, on the one hand, want a Jewish state and at the same time give non-Jews the right to become a majority.
  • G-d's Law: an Interview with Rabbi Meir Kahane

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