Conductor politician

Pi ideological extremist

Legal name is Meir David HaKohen Kahane [רבי מאיר דוד הכהן כהנא]

Founder of the Israeli political party Kach—whose legacy continues to influence militant and far-right political groups active today in Israel

Convicted of multiple acts of terrorism in the United States and in Israel

In 1968, he founded the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in New York City, whose self-described purpose was to fight anti-Semitism

Moved to Israel in 1971 and became a citizen, where he initiated protests calling for the expulsion of both Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians of the Israeli-occupied territories, which led to his arrest dozens of times

Founded Kach in 1971, a political party that initially failed to gain any seats in the Knesset

In 1980, he was arrested for the 62nd time since his emigration, and he was jailed for six months for planning armed attacks against Palestinians

Held in prison in Ramla, where he wrote the book They Must Go

In the 1984 elections, his Kach party gained one seat in the Knesset, which was taken by Kahane, but was later barred from running in 1988

In 1990, he was giving a speech to an audience of Orthodox Jews from Brooklyn, urging American Jews to emigrate to Israel, when he was assassinated by an Egyptian-American national

Eventually buried in West Jerusalem