- Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane
Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane ( _he. בנימין זאב כהנא, born
3 October 1966 , died31 December 2000 ) was the son of RabbiMeir Kahane .Born in
New York City , he emigrated toIsrael with his family at the age of four, in 1971. He was a young Israeli Orthodox Jewish scholar andrabbi who was most famous for his leadership of Kahane Chai, a far-right breakaway from his father's Kach party after his assassination in 1990. Both Kach and Kahane Chai were later outlawed.Kahane was the author of [http://www.kahanebooks.com "The Haggadah of The Jewish Idea"] , a commentary based on his father's teachings of the
Passover Haggadah read at the PassoverSeder . He wrote a Torah portion sheet called [http://www.hameir.org "Darka Shel Torah"] ("The Way of the Torah") that was distributed for the weeklyTorah portions.He was shot near
Ofra , anIsraeli settlement , along with his wife Talya on 31 December 2000. A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office in 2001 announced the arrest of three members ofForce 17 who were allegedly involved in the killing. According to the statement, PLO leader Col.Mahmoud Damra was responsible for arming and instructing the three men, who were identified as Talal Ghassan (a senior Force 17 member in Ramallah) Marzouk Abu Naim and Na'man Nofel. However, in 2007 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawish "KhaledShawish "] was arrested for the attack. [ [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708700436&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull IDF nabs Ze'ev Kahane's murderer] Jerusalem Post, 28 May 2007]ee also
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Kfar Tapuach
*Kahanism
*The Yeshiva of the Jewish IdeaReferences
External links
* [http://www.kahanebooks.com Books by Binyamin Zeev Kahane]
* [http://www.kahane.org/political/ Political Commentary by Binyamin Zeev Kahane]
* [http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/kach.htm FAS Intelligence Resource Program entry for Kach and Kahane Chai]
* [http://www.myspace.com/binyamin_zev_kahane MySpace page for Binyamin Zeev Kahane]
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