Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League, has announced that he would run for a Knesset seat in the next elections. He told a press conference here that he thought his chances were good because “the people of Israel are disappointed with the unfulfilled promises by the various parties.”
Kahane’s “platform” includes the following. Israeli sovereignty over “the entire land of Israel” and unlimited rights for every Jew to settle anywhere in the land of Israel; formation of an anti-terrorist organization; banning of the extradition of Jews to foreign governments; declaring the Communist Party illegal; and enforcing full Sabbath observance and conversion “according to halacha.”
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