The Military Government announced today that it will bar Jewish Defense league leader Rabbi Meir Kahane from the West Bank because his sorties into that territory have been deliberately provocative toward the Arab population.
The announcement came after Kahane published advertisements in local newspapers stating that he was going to Nablus to lay the foundations of a “Jewish city” there and that he intended to do the same in Jericho and Hebron. Two weeks ago, Kahane turned up in Nablus with five armed bodyguards and caused a disturbance outside the town hall. There have been serious riots in Nablus since then requiring the intervention of Israeli troops with tear gas.
Political observers believe Kahane’s deliberately provocative acts recently are aimed at getting publicity for his Kach (Thus) faction that will be seeking Knesset sects in the May 17 elections.
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