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Rabbi Meir Kahane on the Merle Pollis Show, Cleveland, 1988

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Rabbi Meir Kahane

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We will not be told by any interchurch council. We will not be told by anyone who we may or may not have on the air. Were adheres to the first amendment to the constitution of the United States. And if members of the inner church council don't give a damn about the first amendment, we do. I ask, how many of you members of the inner church council, how many of you supported an anti-semitic bigot for president of the United States, Jesse Jackson? Jackson? And with that, a member of the Israeli Knesset and an old friend of mine, even though we don't agree on much, good morning to you, Rabbi Meer. >> We We have a mic. Say something. >> Yeah. Hi. How are we okay? >> Now we're okay. We had a little mic problem for a moment. You know, I I sat here listening listening to that and and I thought to myself, it's not just Jess Jesse Jackson. If Farraan would be invited on a show here, I can bet I'll bet anything. I'll bet the, you know, bet anything. I'll bet the, you know, >> yeah, >> that that inner church council would not have written such a letter. That is an outrage. That is an outrage. The only greater outrage is, and this I say with even greater sadness, that I can appear on your show. For four years now, I have not been allowed to appear on a single radio or TV show inside Israel. >> Why is that, Rabbi? >> Because it's a democracy for listen, liberals are are the greatest are the greatest. They offer

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  2. 3:38who then fired his gun and an Israeli teenage girl was killed. But this woman threw
  3. 7:48>> There are a lot of Israelis, not just Americans, Israelis who believe that eventually there's
  4. 11:50this in you're going to be prime minister in our platform. Yes. Please God. >> And
  5. 15:52wave. There is a tremendous fear inside Israel now. Jews are afraid today because of what
  6. 20:04only not only Israel, but all Jews. If I could pay you, I would take you
  7. 24:15a complaint with the ADL. Rome who lives in a settlement near >> Let's get with
  8. 28:51you're on the phone, stay there at 5781300. Our guest is the member of the Israeli
  9. 32:55do who's going to work on the land over there? Who's who's going to produce over
  10. 37:02they're not. They're just letting them sit because they want this they want these these armies

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