The KAHANE EFFECT: With the far right in the ascendancy around the world, in Israel the Kahane movement, once shunned for its blatant racism even by Israeli standards, has been catapulted into power, becoming the third-largest party in parliament. Who are these followers of the late arch-racist Rabbi Meir Kahane, and how did they become the kingmakers of the Knesset? Analysis from the front lines of Israel's race wars, with the journalist who most closely covered the their rise to power over the past decade, DAVID SHEEN.
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