Kahane's Kach had two central beliefs. The first was, the proposed forced transfer of those Arabs from the borders of Israel, including Israeli Arabs that oppose Israel. The second was the establishment of a democracy for Jews only inside the borders of Eretz Yisrael (the biblical land of Israel). Kach candidates ran for seats in the Knesset in 1973, only two years after Kahane's arrival to Israel. It failed to attract the minimum number of votes (at the time, one percent), and continued to fail to win the minimum number of votes in 1977 and 1981. The party finally gained a Knesset seat in ...

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In comparative religion, fundamentalism has come to refer to several different understandings of religious thought and practice, including literal interpretation of sacred texts such as the Bible or the Quran and sometimes also anti-modernist movements in various religions. In some ways religious fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon, characterized by a sense of embattled alienation in the midst of the surrounding culture, even where the culture may be nominally influenced by the adherents' religion. The term can also re ...

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For religious fundamentalists, sacred scripture is considered the authentic word of God. Fundamentalist beliefs depend on the twin doctrines that God articulated his will precisely to prophets, and that followers also have a reliable and perfect record of that revelation, which has been passed down to modern day in an unbroken chain of tradition. Since Scripture is considered the word of God, fundamentalists believe that no person has the right to change it or disagree with it. As a result, people are "obliged" to obey the word of God ...

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For religious fundamentalists, sacred scripture is considered the authentic, and literal word of God. Fundamentalist beliefs depend on the twin doctrines that God articulated his will precisely to prophets, and that followers also have a reliable and perfect record of that revelation. Since Scripture is considered the word of God, fundamentalists believe that no person has the right to change it or disagree with it. As a result, people are "obliged" to obey the word of God. The appeal of this point of view is its simplicity: people mu ...

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Although the term fundamentalism in popular usage sometimes refers derogatorily to any fringe religious group, or to extremist ethnic movements with only nominally religious motivations, the term does have a more precise denotation. "Fundamentalist" describes a movement to return to what is considered the defining or founding principles of the religion. It has especially come to refer to any religious enclave that intentionally resists identification with the larger religious group in which it originally arose, on the basis that fundamental ...

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Christian fundamentalists, who generally consider the term to be positive when used to refer to themselves, often strongly object to the placement of themselves and Islamist groups into a single category, and resent being labeled together with factions that use kidnapping, murder, and terrorist acts to achieve their ends. They feel that characteristics based on the new definition are wrongly projected back onto Christian fundamentalists by their critics. There is however no objection to the term fundamentalist when used to describe only Christian groups, an ...

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Many criticisms of the fundamentalist position have been offered. The most common is that the theological claims made by fundamentalist groups cannot be proven. Another criticism is that the rhetoric of these groups offers an appearance of uniformity and simplicity, yet within each faith community, one actually finds different texts of religious law that are accepted; each text has varying interpretations. Consequently, each fundamentalist faith is observed to splinter into many mutually antagonistic groups. They are often as hostile to each ...

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"Fundamentalism" is a morally charged, emotive term, often used as a term of opprobrium, particularly in combination with other epithets (as in the phrase "Muslim fundamentalists" and "right-wing fundamentalists"). Very often religious fundamentalists, in all religions, are politically aware. They feel that legal and government processes must recognise the way of life they see as prescribed by God and set forth in Scripture. The state must be subservient to God, in their eyes: this, however is a basic belief of most ...

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A simple, if vague, definition of "far-right" is someone deemed too right-wing to be accepted in the nation's mainstream Political Parties on the Right. "Far-right" ideologies and movements often advocate substantial intervention, typically government intervention, in society in order to protect or promote inequalities or privileges, especially those inequalities or privileges that are viewed as "traditional". It is often associated with extreme nationalism and racism. This is in contrast to the left-wing, who advocate intervention in favor ...

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A simple, if vague, definition of "far-right" is someone deemed too right-wing to be accepted in the nation's mainstream Political Parties on the Right. "Far-right" ideologies and movements often advocate substantial intervention, typically government intervention, in society in order to protect or promote inequalities or privileges, especially those inequalities or privileges that are viewed as "traditional". It is often associated with extreme nationalism. This is in contrast to the left-wing, who advocate intervention in favor of "equalit ...

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In the 20th century, outside the United States, where capitalism was always supported by the many politicians and intellectuals, the most notable distinction between left and right was in economic policy. The right advanced capitalism, whereas the left advocated socialism (often democratic socialism) or communism. This distinction has shifted somewhat since the collapse of the Soviet Bloc, as mainstream politicians now accept limited capitalism to a large degree, but in a socialistic form in which ...

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The list below includes a range of right-wing political parties, some of which have been described as far right, extreme right, or even neo-fascist: ACT Party (New Zealand) Al Wefaq (Bahrain) Alternativa Sociale (Italy) Australia First (Australia) Bharatiya Janata Party (Along with RSS, VHP, Bajarang Dal etc.) (India) National Front (UK) British National Party (UK) Christian Falangist Party of America (USA) Constitution Party (USA) Danish People's P ...

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The "Far Right," "Radical Right," "Hard Right" and "Extreme Right" are terms used by many political commentators to discuss political groups, movements, and political parties that are difficult to classify within conventional right-wing politics. Much confusion is caused by widely varying usage of these terms. The term Far Right is used in different ways by different authors. It has been used by scholars in at least three somewhat conflicting ways to encompass: Reform-oriented right-wing movements or rightist facti ...

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The "Far Right," "Radical Right," "Hard Right" and "Extreme Right" are terms used by many political commentators to discuss political groups, movements, and political parties that are difficult to classify within conventional right-wing politics. Much confusion is caused by widely varying usage of these terms. The term Far Right is used in different ways by different authors. It has been used by scholars in at least three somewhat conflicting ways to encompass: Reform-oriented right-wing movements or rightist facti ...

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The United States Department of State designates the group as a terrorist organization [1] and says that it has: Organized protests against the Israeli Government. Organized protests against Palestinians in Hebron. Vowed revenge for the death of Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane and his wife. The State Department also says that the group is suspected of involvement in a number of low-level attacks since the start of the Second Intifada in 2000. But several individuals in the US are chall ...

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Following Kahane's assassination in 1990 by an Arab, the movement split into two groups with similar ideologies and somewhat overlapping membership: Kach and Kahane Chai. Kach was originally led by Rabbi Avraham Toledano and later by Baruch Marzel out of Hebron. Kahane Chai was led by Meir's son Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane out of Kfar Tapuach until he and his wife were murdered in a random ambush by Palestinians in 2000. Both groups were outlawed by Israel in 1994 under anti-terrorism laws following statements in support of Baruch Go ...

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