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'''Jewish terrorism''' is [[religious terrorism]] committed by [[Jew]]s who interpret [[Judaism]] to justify violence. [[Neo-Zionism|Militant messianic Zionist]]s used religious claims to the historical [[land of Israel]] to justify acts of violence.<ref name=zalman>{{Cite web
'''Jewish terrorism''' is [[religious terrorism]] committed by [[Jew]]s who interpret [[Judaism]] to justify violence.
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Revision as of 22:18, 20 February 2009

Jewish terrorism is religious terrorism committed by Jews who interpret Judaism to justify violence.


Extremist Religious Organizations

The following groups were all started or branched off from those started by Meir Kahane in the 1970s. Kahanist groups are banned in Israel[1][2][3]:

A new 'Jewish underground' is thought by some to be behind the 25 September 2008 pipe bombing of Zeev Sternhell, a political scientist at Jerusalem's Hebrew University.[5] The attack has been likened to the grenade attack that killed Emil Grunzweig.[6] In a hearing following the attack, Knesset's Committee for Internal Affairs, Chairman Ophir Pines-Paz stated: "we are calling this an act of terror because that is precisely what it is, especially when it pertains to an ideological debate on the direction Israel is going. . . . We have to take very firm action. These are terrorists-Jewish, but terrorists just the same."[7]


See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Kahane Chai (KACH) Public Safety Canada
  2. ^ Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) U.S. Department of State, 11 October 2005
  3. ^ Council Decision of 21 December 2005 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2005/848/EC Official Journal of the European Union, 23 December 2005
  4. ^ Lustick For The Land and The Lord: The Evolution of Gush Emunim, by Ian S. Lustick
  5. ^ Ha'aretz 28 September 2008 Olmert: 'Jewish underground' behind attack on leftist prof. By Reuters
  6. ^ Jpost 28 September 2008 Sternhell attack profanes God's name
  7. ^ http://www.israelpolicyforum.org/analysis/new-jewish-terrorism