Kahane Was Right: The Truth Even His Opponents Can No Longer Deny

Rabbi Meir Kahane was one of the most controversial figures in Israeli political history — and, at the same time, one of the most prophetic.

It’s hard to imagine anyone today in the Israeli Knesset with Rabbi Kahane’s intellectual caliber — including Netanyahu. Kahane was, quite simply, a pure intellectual genius. A rabbi, an exceptional writer, a powerful orator, and a man of remarkable breadth and depth.

I myself have read through his writings, and while I certainly don’t agree with all of his positions, there’s no denying that everything he said about the Israeli–Arab conflict was pure truth — back then, and still today.

He was called a racist. Branded an extremist. Banned from the Knesset. But over three decades after his assassination, more and more people are starting to ask: what if he simply said what everyone else knew — and was too afraid to say? After Oslo, after the intifadas, the terrorism, the incitement from within, and the October 7 massacre — it’s becoming harder to deny: Kahane was right. Not because of slogans, but because of reality. He warned that the conflict was not about land, not about the 1967 borders, not about settlements. It was about the very existence of a Jewish state. And time and again, history proved him correct.

While politicians spoke about peace processes and negotiated surrender, Kahane said every concession would be seen as weakness — and would only invite more violence.

They mocked him. But then came the bus bombings, the rockets, the stabbings, the tunnels, and the flames.

“They don't want a state next to us — they want a state instead of us.”

Kahane understood a basic truth that still eludes many today. The Arab rejection of Israel was never about 1967 — it was about 1948. About Tel Aviv. About Haifa. About the idea of a Jewish nation with sovereignty on this land. While others believed in illusions, he saw the facts for what they were.

Kahane believed the Jewish people must care for themselves first — unapologetically. He spoke of Jewish education, Jewish pride, and a return to Torah and national purpose. He warned against outsourcing our security or identity to foreign approval.

Today, in a country where synagogues require guards, where flying an Israeli flag causes arguments, and where politicians are afraid to declare Israel a Jewish state without hesitation — his warnings sound eerily prescient.

“If we do not remove our enemies — they will remove us.”

Yes, he spoke of transfer. A word many cannot even say out loud. But after years of terror, incitement, and support for Hamas inside our own borders — people are beginning to understand that co-existence, as we once imagined it, may no longer be viable.

After October 7th, even many on the Israeli Left have begun to realize that the dream of “living together” may have always been a fantasy.

"Kahane was right" — it’s not easy to say. But it’s time to acknowledge the truth.

Not every one of his proposals needs to be implemented exactly. There’s room for debate, for nuance. But one thing is clear: if his movement is deemed illegal, then perhaps it's time to admit that truth itself has become illegal.