American-Israeli Orthodox rabbi and founder of the Jewish Defense League and the Israeli Kach party.
Kahane and his organisations are considered to be jewish extremists and his Israeli Party "Kach" was banned in 1994 in Israel after it was linked to anti-arab terrorist attacks.
In 1990 Kahane was shot after giving a speech urging Jewish-Americans to emigrate to Israel. Some of his supporters claim he was the first victim of Al-Qaida.
The Jewish Defense League is still an active organisation.