Editing Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane

{{Short description|Israeli rabbi and activist (1966–2000)}}
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| name               = Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane
| image              = 
| native_name        = בנימין זאב כהנא
| native_name_lang   = he
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1966|10|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[New York City]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2000|12|31|1966|10|03|df=yes}}
| death_place        = [[Ofra]], [[West Bank]]
| death_cause        = [[Murder]] (gunshot wounds)
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| resting_place      = Jerusalem
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| citizenship        = Israeli, American
| education          = Yeshiva
| alma_mater         = 
| occupation         = 
| known_for          = [[Kach and Kahane Chai]]
| spouse             = Talia Kahane
| children           = 6
| parents            = [[Meir Kahane]] <br /> Libby Kahane
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'''Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane''' ({{langx|he|בנימין זאב כהנא}}; 3 October 1966 – 31 December 2000) was an American-Israeli [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] rabbi and the son of Rabbi [[Meir Kahane]]. He was [[assassinated]] by [[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian militants]] in 2000. His wife, Talia, was also killed in the attack, leaving behind six young children.

== Life ==
Born in [[New York City]], he emigrated to [[Israel]] with his family at the age of four, in 1971. He was a young Israeli [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox Jewish]] scholar and [[rabbi]] who was most famous for his leadership of [[Kach (political party)#Kahane's death and party split|Kahane Chai]], a far-right political party that broke from his father's [[Kach (political party)|Kach]] party after Meir Kahane's assassination in 1990. He was convicted several times by Israeli courts for advocating violence against Arabs.<ref>[http://elyon1.court.gov.il/files_eng/98/890/017/e09/98017890.e09.pdf "State of Israel v. Binyamin Kahane"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928224826/http://elyon1.court.gov.il/files_eng/98/890/017/e09/98017890.e09.pdf |date=2011-09-28 }}. Supreme Court of Israel. 27 November 2000.</ref>

Kahane was the author of ''[[The Haggada of the Jewish Idea]]'', a commentary based on his father's teachings of the [[Passover]] [[Haggadah]] read at the [[Passover Seder]]. He wrote a Torah portion sheet called ''Darka Shel Torah'' ("The Way of the Torah") that was distributed for the [[weekly Torah portion]]s.

== Death ==
Kahane and his wife Talia were shot and killed near the [[Israeli settlement]] of [[Ofra]] on 31 December 2000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-01-09 |title=Binyamin Kahane |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/jan/09/guardianobituaries.israel |access-date=2024-04-06 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The ambush took place on road 60 about {{convert|15|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of Jerusalem, just before the town of Ofra. Five of the couple's six children were in the van when they were hit by automatic rifle fire. Binyamin (the driver) was killed, and the vehicle went out of control and smashed into a wall. His wife Talia died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital in Jerusalem.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/141110|title=10 Years Later: Kahane Couple to be Remembered|last=Benari|first=Elad|work=Arutz 7}}</ref> The Prime Minister's Office subsequently announced the arrest of three members of [[Force 17]] – Talal Ghassan, Marzouk Abu Naim, and Na'man Nofel – who were believed to have carried out the attack under the instruction of [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] leader Col. [[Mahmoud Damra]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Exclusive-Fugitive-to-head-PA-Force-17 |title=Fugitive to head PA Force 17 |work=Jerusalem Post |date=31 May 2006}}</ref> However, in 2007, Khaled Shawish was arrested for the attack.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708700436&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |title=IDF nabs Ze'ev Kahane's murderer |work=Jerusalem Post |date=28 May 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917152418/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708700436&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archivedate=17 September 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Kfar Tapuach]]
*[[Kahanism]]
*[[Yeshivat HaRaayon HaYehudi]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/kach.htm FAS Intelligence Resource Program entry for Kach and Kahane Chai]
*[https://www.myspace.com/binyamin_zev_kahane MySpace page for Binyamin Zeev Kahane]

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