Israeli Court Orders Meir Kahane’s Grandson Held in Crackdown on Jewish Extremists

[Purveyor]

Source: New York Times

By JODI RUDOREN and ISABEL KERSHNERAUG. 4, 2015

JERUSALEM — He has the pedigree: Meir Ettinger is the grandson and namesake of Meir Kahane, the slain American-Israeli rabbi considered the father of far-right Jewish militancy.

He has the record: For years, Mr. Ettinger has joined the radical group of Israeli settlers known as the hilltop youth in clashes with Palestinians and Israeli forces, leading to a ban on his entering Jerusalem or the occupied West Bank.

He also has the ideology: In a series of Bible-quoting blog posts that amount to a manifesto, Mr. Ettinger calls for the “dispossession of gentiles” who inhabit the Holy Land and the replacement of the modern Israeli state with a new “kingdom of Israel” ruled by the laws of the Torah.

“The key is not to seek to delay the explosion,” he wrote on July 22, “but to try to bring it on as soon as possible and on our own initiative.”

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/world/middleeast/israel-palestinians-meir-ettinger.html?_r=0

[Fred Sanders]

2. Extremists of the same sort distorting major religions, same insane demands, same insane thinking.

Congratulations to the Ministry of Justice for a long overdue crackdown on violent rhetoric and incitement to violence.

From all sides.

Just so sad that it took the killing of a child burned alive in his crib by Israeli terrorists to get folks to wake up.

[Hoppy]

3. But isn't extremism in defense of liberty, a virtue?

[Scurrilous]

4. Headlines now, a mild hand slap later, then back to business as usual. n/t

[MisterP]

5. Ettinger vows to overthrow the government: Bibi says "not if get to it first"

[geek tragedy]

6. Public relations stunt nt

[Purveyor]

7. Most likely, indeed. eom