A suburban Kansas City Judge, William Cleaver of the Overland Park Municipal Court, told the attorneys representing Israeli Knesset member Meir Kahane and two local Palestinians to be prepared for a mid-April trial. The three men face charges stemming from a November 18 incident here, at which Kahane spoke, the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle reported.
Kahane, a founder of the Jewish Defense League and now leader of Israel’s ultra-right Kach Party, faces a disorderly conduct charge in conjunction with his appearance at a meeting, during which he allegedly attacked Mousa Shukair, a member of the Palestinian Human Rights Coalition, for disrupting his speech. Shukair and Rezek Muslet, another Coalition member, also face a disorderly conduct charge in connection with the incident. Shukair is charged with resisting arrest.
According to Kevin Moriarity, an Overland Park attorney defending Shukair and Muslet, the target date for the trial is April 8.
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