In 1971 , Kahane moved to Israel . At the time , he declared that he would focus on Jewish education . He later began gathering lists of Arab citizens of the State of Israel who were willing to emigrate for compensation , and eventually , he initiated protests that advocated the expulsion of Arabs from that country , and Israeli-occupied territories . In 1972 , Jewish Defense League leaflets were distributed in Hebron , calling for the mayor to stand trial for the 1929 Hebron massacre . Kahane was arrested dozens of times . In 1971 , he founded Kach , a political party that ran for the Knesset , the Israeli Parliament , during the 1973 general elections under the name " The League List " . It won 12,811 votes ( 0.82 % ) , just 2,857 ( 0.18 % ) short of the electoral threshold at the time ( 1 % ) for winning a Knesset seat . The party was even less successful in the 1977 elections , winning only 4,836 votes
1929 Hebron massacre
1929 Hebron massacre
Meir Kahane