ekrell@ucla-cs.UUCP (08/30/84)
Kahana is an extremist. I don't think he is doing any good to Israel. He will now take advantage of being a Knesset (the israeli parliament) member, granting him immunity against arrests and convictions. I think we will be hearing a lot about this guy while he serves his term in the Knesset. Yesterday he said on TV while trying to march into an Arab town in Israel: "There is no such thing as an Arab town; this is a jewish town momentarily occupied by Arabs". Did you know he was assigned the closest seat to the exit door in the Knesset ??. This way, whenever he starts fighting, the police will have to carry him a short way to the exit ...
dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (GREEN) (08/31/84)
[Golems of the world unite!] I have been led to believe that the correct spelling is Kahane, as in Rabbi Meir Kahane. Please correct me if I am wrong. Since Rabbi Kahane has just recently been elected, I would like to reserve my opinions. I don't think that if his job will be primarily in the area of "public relations", if so, someone else with other qualifications should have been elected. >He is wrong though, on insisting that all the Arabs should be thrown >out of their homes. I don't see how Rabbi Kahane will be able to convince certain Arab governments to evict their citizens. If he could, where would they go? To Israel? >He is reminding the world that Israel is a Jewish state and should not >be afraid to live within its own borders. Actually, he is reminding the world that certain Jews are as "wacko" as any other religion's extremist right-wing lunatic fringe. Shalom and Have A Good Day! David Seth Green AT&T Bell Laboratories phone: 201-564-4468 path {most systems}mhuxi!dsg
smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin) (09/02/84)
In my opinion, Kahane is a fascist, in the most literal meaning of the word. He's a danger to Israel, and a disgrace to the Jewish people. My only consolation is that he got only 1.2% of the vote (more or less); I suspect that in other countries, candidates with even more extreme views would get more support. Consider, for example, how well George Wallace did in 1968. --Steve Bellovin
freuden@ucla-cs.UUCP (09/05/84)
I would like to take this oppurtunity to get people's feelings on the way Kahana is handling his new position in Israel's government. Personally, I feel that although he is not very good public relations for Israel, he does serve a purpose. What purpose does he serve? He is reminding the world that Israel is a Jewish state and should not be afraid to live within its own borders. He is wrong though, on insisting that all the Arabs should be thrown out of their homes. I would appreciate seeing people's views on this subject.