Editing Meir Kahane (section)

==Ideology==
{{Main|Kahanism}}
{{Conservatism in Israel|Politicians}}
Kahane argued that there was a glory in Jewish destiny, which came through the observance of the [[Torah]] and ''[[halakha]]'' (Jewish law). He observed, "Democracy and Judaism are not the same thing."<ref>"One absolutely cannot confuse them. The objective of a democratic state is to allow a person to do exactly as he wishes. The objective of Judaism is to serve God and to make people better. These are two totally opposite conceptions of life." {{cite web|url=http://kahane.org/meir/interview.htm |title=God's Law: an Interview with Rabbi Meir Kahane |access-date=December 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219141224/http://kahane.org/meir/interview.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2009}}</ref> Kahane was of the view a Jewish state and a Western democracy were incompatible, since Western democracy is religion-blind, and a Jewish state is religion-oriented by its very name. He feared non-Jewish citizens becoming a majority and voting against the Jewish character of the state: "The question is as follows: if the Arabs settle among us and make enough children to become a majority, will Israel continue to be a Jewish state? Do we have to accept that the Arab majority will decide?"<ref name="kahane.org">Kahane.org</ref> He also said that "you cannot have Zionism and democracy at the same ... Western democracy has to be ruled out. For me, that's cut and dried: There's no question of setting up democracy in Israel, because democracy means equal rights for all, irrespective of racial or religious origins."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Salaita |first1=Steven |title=Uncivil Rites Palestine and the Limits of Academic Freedom |date=2015 |publisher=Haymarket Books |page=120}}</ref>

Kahane proposed an "[[population transfer|exchange of populations]]" that would continue the [[Jewish exodus from Arab lands]]: "A total of some 750,000 Jews fled Arab lands since 1948. Surely it is time for Jews, worried over the huge growth of Arabs in Israel, to consider finishing the exchange of populations that began 35 years ago." Kahane proposed a $40,000 compensation plan for Arabs who would leave voluntarily, and forcible expulsion for those who "don't want to leave".<ref name="kahane.org"/> He encouraged retaliatory violence against Arabs who attacked Jews: "I approve of anybody who commits such acts of violence. Really, I don't think that we can sit back and watch Arabs throwing rocks at buses whenever they feel like it. They must understand that a bomb thrown at a Jewish bus is going to mean a bomb thrown at an Arab bus."<ref name="kahane.org"/>

In some of his writings, Kahane argued that Israel should never start a war for territory but that if a war were launched against Israel, Biblical territory should be annexed.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kahane|first1=Meir|title=Palestine?|url=http://mkwords.com/text/?i=86&a=Palestine|website=mkwords.com|year=1974|quote=If there are those who wish to create something known as 'Palestine' they are welcome to do so in 'Jordan' which in itself is a fictitious state created by the imperialist British by cutting away, in 1921, the eastern part of the Land of Israel. The Arabs who call themselves 'Palestinians' had the opportunity to create a 'Palestine' in a far larger part of the Land of Israel, but refused to do so. They lost that chance forever and if they refuse to create a state in 'Jordan' now, but insist upon war, they will lose again and lose 'Jordan' in the process because – while we will never begin a war for those parts of the [[Land of Israel]] now under foreign rule, should the Arabs begin that war, and we liberate still other areas of the Land of Israel, then those will never be given up either.|access-date=April 8, 2017|archive-date=April 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409022004/http://mkwords.com/text/?i=86&a=Palestine|url-status=live}}</ref> However, in an interview, he defined Israel's "minimal borders" as follows: "The southern boundary goes up to El Arish, which takes in all of northern [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]], including [[Yamit]]. To the east, the frontier runs along the western part of the East Bank of the [[River Jordan|Jordan River]], hence part of what is now Jordan. [[Land of Israel|Eretz Yisrael]] also includes part of Lebanon and certain parts of Syria, and part of Iraq, all the way to the [[Euphrates River]]."<ref name="kahane.org"/> When critics suggested that following Kahane's plans would mean a perpetual war between Jews and Arabs, Kahane responded, "There will be a perpetual war. With or without Kahane."<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mergui |first1=Raphael |title=Israel's ayatollahs: Meir Kahane and the far right in Israel |last2=Simonnot |first2=Philippe |last3=Mergui |first3=Raphael |date=1987 |publisher=Saqi Books |isbn=978-0-86356-142-9 |location=London |page=55}}</ref>