Two weeks after the Hebron massacre, the Israeli government formally outlawed two radical organizations - "Kach " and "Kahane Chai and proclaimed them to be terrorist groups. Text:
The government decided, in accordance with the proposal of the prime minister and minister of defence, on the basis of the legal opinion of the attorney-general, security factors and the Israel police, as follows:
"In accordance with the authority granted by Section 8 of the Prevention of Terror Law, 5708-1948, and in addition to the declaration made concerning it in the Legislative Digest number 0 3305, 5746-1986, page 1,436, the government declares that the groups described below are terrorist organizations:
A) The "Kach" movement whose primary activists are, today, Baruch Marzel, Noarn Federman, and Tiran Pollak.
B) The "Kahane Chai" movement whose primary activists are, today, Binyamin Kahane, David Axelrod, and Yekutiel Ben Yaakov.
This declaration applies to the terrorist organizations detailed above, as well as to every member, and to every individual who is active in achieving objectives of the same type as those of the organizations described above, or who uses the same methods as these organizations used, whether they are known by these names or by other names, whether consistently or only from time to time. This declaration also applies to all of the factions and various combinations of the organizations described above.