Deputy Knesset Speaker MK Nissim Vaturi (Likud) declared from the Knesset podium on Wednesday that Rabbi Meir Kahane, the founder of the far-right Kach movement, "Was right about a lot of things that the people of Israel and the Likud were mistaken about."
MK Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu (Yesh Atid) shouted at him: "Do you support terror?" Vaturi responded: "I support it. The Likud made a mistake when it excluded him. He was right about a lot of things. Continue with the misconceptions."
He added, "The leaders of the Likud made a mistake when they excluded Kahane. He wasn't a terrorist. If Kahane were alive today, he would have been holy, and he would have received the Israel Prize."
Israeli-American Rabbi Meir Kahane was a political activist who founded the Jewish Defense League (JDL) in the United States and the Kach party in Israel. The JDL was later designated a terrorist organization by the FBI, and Kach was banned from the Knesset for inciting racism. Both Kach and its offshoot, Kahane Chai, were outlawed in Israel and designated as terrorist organizations by the United States and other countries. Kahane was assassinated in New York in 1990.