Kach Party Israel

Despite alleged Israeli reluctance to assist in such matters, federal authorities are seeking the extradition of a Los Angeles-born Jewish militant who has been indicted in the 1980 mail bomb murder of a Manhattan Beach secretary, prosecutors said Wednesday. Assistant U.S. Atty. Nancy Wieben Stock said a request for the arrest of Robert Steven Manning, 36, is being prepared as the first step to bring him back to Los Angeles to stand trial in the death of Patricia Wilkerson.

Israeli police Sunday arrested the fugitive leader of the outlawed Jewish group Kach, ending a monthlong manhunt aimed at neutralizing the threat of extremist Jewish settlers and at blunting Palestinian outrage after last month's massacre in a Hebron mosque. But within hours of the arrest of Baruch Marzel, who heads the movement that spawned the Jewish settler who gunned down about 30 Palestinian worshipers Feb.

A Jewish settler on the Israeli-occupied West Bank opened fire early today on Muslims praying at a mosque in Hebron, 20 miles south of Jerusalem, killing at least 20 Palestinians and wounding dozens more, according to Israeli military spokesmen. The settler, described as a civilian but dressed in an army uniform, burst into the Ibrahim Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs, a site holy to both Jews and Muslims, about 5:45 a.m.

The Israeli government, reacting to the massacre two weeks ago of about 30 Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Sunday outlawed two extremist Jewish groups as "terrorist organizations" because of their repeated violence against Arabs.

Followers of the slain militant nationalist Rabbi Meir Kahane went on violent hunts for Palestinians and journalists along the route of his funeral Wednesday and mingled shouts of "Death to the Arabs!" with prayers for the dead at the burial. Police estimated the funeral crowd at 15,000, larger than Kahane usually attracted over the years at his bitterly anti-Arab political rallies.

The Israeli government, reacting to the massacre two weeks ago of about 30 Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Sunday outlawed two extremist Jewish groups as "terrorist organizations" because of their repeated violence against Arabs.

Israeli police Sunday arrested the fugitive leader of the outlawed Jewish group Kach, ending a monthlong manhunt aimed at neutralizing the threat of extremist Jewish settlers and at blunting Palestinian outrage after last month's massacre in a Hebron mosque. But within hours of the arrest of Baruch Marzel, who heads the movement that spawned the Jewish settler who gunned down about 30 Palestinian worshipers Feb.

The Israeli elections commission on Wednesday barred the Kach party of American-born Rabbi Meir Kahane from competing in the Nov. 1 general election on grounds that Kach, which favors the expulsion of Arabs living under Israeli rule, is racist and anti-democratic. The decision had been expected. The commission's members are drawn from parties represented in the Knesset, or Parliament, and most of them oppose Kach. Kahane said he will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.

Inside a drab stone house on a quiet street here Monday, the phone rang again and again in three rooms plastered with bloodthirsty bumper stickers, treatises on the Bible and photographs of Jewish martyrs. The fugitives of Kach, the small right-wing extremist group that the Israeli government has vowed to crush, were checking in with home base. "The government wants to kill Kach," said Michael Delhorin, 46, who lives in the Golan Heights but was calling from "somewhere near Hebron."

The highest court in Israel on Tuesday upheld a ban on Rabbi Meir Kahane's anti-Arab political party, prompting the fiery Kahane to lash out at his political opponents and to forecast the destruction of the Israeli state. In a separate decision, the Supreme Court also ruled that the Progressive List for Peace, an Arab-Jewish party that favors talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization, can run despite objections that it is dedicated to ending Jewish domination of the country.

Inside a drab stone house on a quiet street here Monday, the phone rang again and again in three rooms plastered with bloodthirsty bumper stickers, treatises on the Bible and photographs of Jewish martyrs. The fugitives of Kach, the small right-wing extremist group that the Israeli government has vowed to crush, were checking in with home base. "The government wants to kill Kach," said Michael Delhorin, 46, who lives in the Golan Heights but was calling from "somewhere near Hebron."

A Jewish settler on the Israeli-occupied West Bank opened fire early today on Muslims praying at a mosque in Hebron, 20 miles south of Jerusalem, killing at least 20 Palestinians and wounding dozens more, according to Israeli military spokesmen. The settler, described as a civilian but dressed in an army uniform, burst into the Ibrahim Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs, a site holy to both Jews and Muslims, about 5:45 a.m.

Followers of the slain militant nationalist Rabbi Meir Kahane went on violent hunts for Palestinians and journalists along the route of his funeral Wednesday and mingled shouts of "Death to the Arabs!" with prayers for the dead at the burial. Police estimated the funeral crowd at 15,000, larger than Kahane usually attracted over the years at his bitterly anti-Arab political rallies.

The highest court in Israel on Tuesday upheld a ban on Rabbi Meir Kahane's anti-Arab political party, prompting the fiery Kahane to lash out at his political opponents and to forecast the destruction of the Israeli state. In a separate decision, the Supreme Court also ruled that the Progressive List for Peace, an Arab-Jewish party that favors talks with the Palestine Liberation Organization, can run despite objections that it is dedicated to ending Jewish domination of the country.

The Israeli elections commission on Wednesday barred the Kach party of American-born Rabbi Meir Kahane from competing in the Nov. 1 general election on grounds that Kach, which favors the expulsion of Arabs living under Israeli rule, is racist and anti-democratic. The decision had been expected. The commission's members are drawn from parties represented in the Knesset, or Parliament, and most of them oppose Kach. Kahane said he will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.

Despite alleged Israeli reluctance to assist in such matters, federal authorities are seeking the extradition of a Los Angeles-born Jewish militant who has been indicted in the 1980 mail bomb murder of a Manhattan Beach secretary, prosecutors said Wednesday. Assistant U.S. Atty. Nancy Wieben Stock said a request for the arrest of Robert Steven Manning, 36, is being prepared as the first step to bring him back to Los Angeles to stand trial in the death of Patricia Wilkerson.

Israeli police jailed a Jewish settler after finding a large quantity of illegal explosives and ammunition in his West Bank home along with pamphlets of Rabbi Meir Kahane's militant Kach Party, Israel radio said Friday. Police suspect followers of Kahane helped collect the explosives, the radio said. Kahane, an American-born rabbi elected last year to Parliament, advocates the removal of Arabs from the Jewish state.