Dokument #1356466
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Please consult the attachments from
Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International
Guide and The Jerusalem Report (24 Mar. 1994a) for
information on the anti-Arab right-wing Kach party. The attached
May 1993 article from Le Monde also provides information on
Kach and on fundamentalist Jewish movements in Israel.
After the massacre of Palestinian Muslims
in Hebron on 25 February 1994, five settlers reported to be Kach
members were ordered detained without trial (Reuters 2 Mar. 1994,
50; Middle East Times 20 Mar. 1994; Jerusalem Report
24 Mar. 1994, 12-13; ibid. 21 Apr. 1994, 5 ). The settlers were
eventually arrested (ibid.; Le Monde 14 Mar. 1994;
International Herald Tribune 4 Apr. 1994). Both Kach and its
splinter group Kahane-Hai were banned by the Israeli government
shortly after the massacre (ibid.; BBC Summary 17 Mar. 1994;
Manchester Guardian Weekly 20 Mar. 1994; AFP 18 Sept.
1994).
Various attachments to this Response
discuss the arrests of Kach members for armed attacks on
Palestinians (The Washington Post 4 May 1989, 14; AP 9 Nov.
1990; Xinhua 19 Dec. 1993). The attached Libération
discusses the arrest of four Kach members/sympathizers suspected of
smuggling arms to be used in anti-Palestinian attacks (27 February
1994, 63). According to one report, Kach members have also been
detained for harassing Palestinians (AP 28 Jan. 1990, 10-11).
Kach made death-threats against
Ukrainian-born John Demjanjuk, the man accused of Nazi war crimes
(USA Today 21 Sept. 1993).
This response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum.
Agence France Presse (AFP) [Paris]. 18
September 1994. "Israel Extends Ban on Outlawed Jewish Hardline
Groups." (NEXIS)
The Associated Press (AP). 9 November
1990. AM Cycle. Sergei Shargorodsky. "Kahane Follower Suspected of
Revenge Killing of Elderly Man." (NEXIS)
. 28 Jan. 1990. AM Cycle. "38
Palestinian Homes Demolished or Sealed in January." (NEXIS)
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts (BBC
Summary). 17 March 1994. "'Tens of Thousands' Demonstrate in Tel
Aviv Against Government Policies." (NEXIS)
International Herald Tribune. 4
April 1994. ClByde [sic.] Haberman. "Israel Arrests Fugitive
Extremist Leader." (NEXIS)
The Jerusalem Report. 21 April
1994. Vol. 4, No. 25. Peter Hirschberg. "Palestinian Human-Rights
Groups Oppose Kach Leaders' Detention."
. 24 March 1994. Vol. 4, No. 23. Yossi
Klein Halevi. "Kahane's Murderous Legacy."
Libération [Paris]. 27
February 1994. Pierre Haski. "L'extrême droite juive revient
au grand jour." (DIRB country file)
Manchester Guardian Weekly. 20
March 1994. Derek Brown. "Israel Bans Jewish Extremists."
Middle East Times. 20 March 1994.
"Israel Pulls Plug on Extremists." (DIRB country file)
Le Monde [Paris]. 14 March 1994.
Patrice Claude. "A la suite du massacre d'Hebron Deux mouvements
racistes seront interdits en Israel." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 2 March 1994. Susan Sappir.
"Israeli Army Restricts Movement of Some Settlers." (NEXIS)
USA Today [New York]. 21
September 1993. Final Edition. Andrea Stone. "Demjanjuk to Step
From Jail into New Kind of Prison." (NEXIS)
The Washington Post. 4 May 1989.
Final Edition. Edward Cody. "Two Elderly Israelis Killed by
Palestinian in Jerusalem." (NEXIS)
The Xinhua General Overseas News
Service. 19 December 1993. "4 Americans Detained in Israel for
Anti-Arab Acts." (NEXIS)
Agence France Presse (AFP) [Paris]. 18
September 1994. "Israel Extends Ban on Outlawed Jewish Hardline
Groups." (NEXIS)
The Associated Press (AP). 9 November
1990. AM Cycle. Sergei Shargorodsky. "Kahane Follower Suspected of
Revenge Killing of Elderly Man." (NEXIS)
. 28 Jan. 1990. AM Cycle. "38
Palestinian Homes Demolished or Sealed in January." (NEXIS)
International Herald Tribune. 4
April 1994. ClByde [sic.] Haberman.
"Israel Arrests Fugitive Extremist
Leader." (NEXIS)
The Jerusalem Report. 24 March
1994a. Vol. 4, No. 23. Yossi Klein Halevi. "Kahane's Murderous
Legacy," pp. 12-14, 16-18.
. 24 March 1994b. Vol. 4, No. 23. Leslie
Susser. "Police Had Been Planning to Arrest Settler Extremists," p.
4.
. 24 March 1994c. Vol. 4, No. 23.
Jonathan Broder. "US Kahanists to be Barred From Israel," pp. 4,
6.
Libération [Paris]. 27
February 1994. Pierre Haski. "L'extrême droite juive revient
au grand jour," pp. 62-63 (DIRB country file)
Le Monde [Paris]. 14 March 1994.
Patrice Claude. "A la suite du massacre d'Hebron Deux mouvements
racistes seront interdits en Israel." (NEXIS)
. 20 May 1993. Patrice Claude. "Mourir
pour le 'Grand Israel'." (NEXIS)
. 18 November 1992. Patrice Claude.
"Israel: Un mort et douze blessés Arabs." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 2 March 1994. Susan Sappir.
"Israeli Army Restricts Movement of Some Settlers." (NEXIS)
Revolutionary and Dissident
Movements: An International Guide. 1991. 3rd ed. London:
Longman Group UK, p. 165.
The Xinhua General Overseas News
Service. 19 December 1993. "4 Americans Detained in Israel for
Anti-Arab Acts." (NEXIS)
DIRB "Israel" country file. 1991 to
present.
DIRB. September 1994. Human Rights
Information Package: Israel.
DIRB Indexed Media Review.
"Israel." Weekly. 1994.
The Jerusalem Report.
Fortnightly. 1993 to present.
Mideast Mirror [London]. Daily.
1993 to present.
Middle East International
[London]. Fortnightly. 1991 to present.
Middle East Report [Washington,
DC]. Bi-monthly. 1991 to present.
Religion in Politics. 1989.
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