Jewish Defense League founder Meir Kahane was jailed for three months by an Israeli military court in Ramallah today, and given a further nine-month suspended sentence that can be implemented for the next three years. Kahane was convicted of violating an order of the Military Government forbidding him from entering Hebron (In light of provocative statements and actions he had undertaken in Arab cities in the past).
Kahane, who lives in Kiryat Arba, near Hebron, vowed after sentence was passed that he would not be deterred by the jail term. “I will sit, and I will go free, and I will return to Hebron,” Kahane vowed.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
