The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
November 11, 2022

U.S. State Department Blasts Israeli Politician Ben-Gvir for "Celebrating Terrorism"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Meanwhile, in Washington, D.C., the State Department called out
far-right Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir for attending the memorial
for Meir Kahane, the ultranationalist founder of the racist Kach party,
which later became Kahane Chai. This is State Department spokesperson
Ned Price.

Ned Price: "Celebrating the legacy of a terrorist organization is
abhorrent. There is no other word for it. It is abhorrent. And we remain
concerned, as we said before, by the legacy of Kahane Chai and the
continued use of rhetoric among violent right-wing extremists."

In May, the Biden administration removed Kahane Chai from its list of
"foreign terrorist organizations" despite its connection to the murder
of Palestinians and Arab Americans, including on U.S. soil. Itamar
Ben-Gvir is expected to become a key member of Benjamin Netanyahu's new
government.


.