Jewish terrorism

Jewish terrorism

Jewish terrorism is terrorism perpetrated by a person or group whose motivations and aims have a predominant Jewish character or influence.Fact|date=September 2008

Organizations

The following groups were all started or branched off from those started by Meir Kahane in the 1970s. Kahanist groups are banned in Israel [ [http://www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-en.asp#kach26 Kahane Chai (KACH)] Public Safety Canada] [http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/37191.htm Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs)] U.S. Department of State, 11 October 2005] [ [http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2005/l_340/l_34020051223en00640066.pdf Council Decision of 21 December 2005 implementing Article 2(3) of Regulation (EC) No 2580/2001 on specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities with a view to combating terrorism and repealing Decision 2005/848/EC] Official Journal of the European Union, 23 December 2005] :
* Jewish Defense League: A "right-wing terrorist group", according to the FBI. [ [http://www.fbi.gov/publications/terror/terror2000_2001.htm FBI] ]
* Kach and Kahane Chai: (defunct) Israel and the United StatesFact|date=September 2008.
* Gush Emunim Underground: (1979-1984) Sometimes called the (Jewish Terror Organization), formed by prominent members of Gush Emunim. [ [http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/polisci/faculty/data/lustick/for_the_land/lustick13.html Lustick] For The Land and The Lord: The Evolution of Gush Emunim, by Ian S. Lustick]

A new 'Jewish underground' is thought to be behind the 25 September 2008 pipe bombing of Zeev Sternhell, a political scientist at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1025124.html Ha'aretz] 28 September 2008 "Olmert: 'Jewish underground' behind attack on leftist prof." By Reuters] The attack has been likened to the grenade attack that killed Emil Grunzweig. [ [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1222017412369&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jpost] 28 September 2008 "Sternhell attack profanes God's name"]

ee also

*Christian terrorism
*Crime in Israel
*Islamic terrorism
*Religious terrorism
*Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
*Zionist political violence

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.start.umd.edu/data/gtd/ Successor to the Terrorism Knowledge Base]


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