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Last month the State Department, in an unprecedented move, stripped American born Rabbi Meir Kahane of his U.S. citizenship because he is a member of the Israeli Knesset...
...simply lacks the time to continue serving as head of the Jewish Defense League, a militant organization based in the U.S. that claims about 15,000 members. The Brooklyn-born Kahane currently spends most of his time in Israel, where he is an elected member of the Knesset and head of the ultra-right Kach Party. Last week Kahane announced that he was resigning from the league, which he founded in 1968. As his successor he named Irv Rubin, 40, the J.D.L.'s West Coast coordinator...
Kahane acknowledged that his decision was also influenced by the fact that he may be about to lose his U.S. citizenship. A new Israeli law bars Knesset membership to anyone holding dual citizenship. Kahane claims the statute was passed in response to his election. In addition, the U.S. is considering withdrawal of his citizenship because he holds office in a foreign government. Should this happen, Kahane believes that his chances of getting a visa to visit the U.S. would be improved if he drops his link with the J.D.L., which has in the past run afoul of American law enforcement...
...office ten months ago determined to reform Israel's out-of-control finances. But when he tried to put the brakes on inflation last week, the country came briefly to a halt. With the U.S. pressuring him for action, Peres became the first Israeli leader ever to bypass the Knesset (parliament) with economic restrictions imposed by emergency decree...
...layoffs, pending negotiations with Histadrut. The Prime Minister faces opposition as well from the Likud Party, Labor's partner in the National Unity government. Seven Likud members , voted against the economic package in the Cabinet, although Likud grudgingly supported the government afterward in a vote of confidence by the Knesset...