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On November 5, 1990, when Meir Kahane was murdered in New York, Itamar Ben Gvir was a 14-year-old boy who had just begun his journey in the fields of the racist and extreme right in Israel, a path that 33 years later made him the leader of the Kahanist movement in Israel and a minister on its behalf in the Israeli government.
Brigadier General (resp.) Mordechai Kahane is not guilty of his uncle's identity, but only hypocrisy, opacity or a combination of both can lead to the thought that the mention of his family lineage is not relevant to the offer he received from the Kahanist minister Ben Gabir to be appointed director general of the Ministry of National Security.
Only hypocrisy will lead to the thought that there is no connection between the last name and the nomination offer.
The journalist Carmela Menashe/Aviv Khofi
A family name sometimes comes with privileges and sometimes also with a heavy burden.
The name "Kahana" was supposed to be a burden that obliges the subjects of it to prove that they are different from the person who brought the name to the notices.
The one who promoted a racist race theory that was reminiscent of the Nazi Nuremberg Laws, whose racist theory led to his disqualification from running for the Knesset.
But in the circles of National Security Minister Ben Gabir, all this burden is pride.
Ben Gabir grew up on the knees of Kahana's students and became his successor in the Israeli public.
Ben Gabir became the man who, 50 years after Meir Kahane's ascension to Israel and more than three decades after his assassination, moved Kahanism from the margins to the center, to the insiders of the Israeli government and to accepting responsibility for the Israel Police.
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His racist teachings led to his disqualification from running in the Knesset.
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Ben Gvir knows that among the public whose support he seeks, the name Kahana is not an insult, but an honor.
He knows that he will have people on his side who will be very happy with the choice of Kahana the nephew as CEO of the firm. Therefore, Carmela Menashe was right to highlight the family connection when she learned about the offer Kahana received to be appointed CEO of Ben Gabir.
Brigadier General (res.) Kahana is a man of many works who received offers for positions and served in others. Avigdor Lieberman suggested to him when he served as Minister of Defense to be appointed as head of the Settlement Division, Kahana served as Acting Director General of the Ministry of Settlement during the Bennett-Lapid government, when the ministry was under the responsibility of Naftali Bennett.
He also served as Acting Director General of the Ministry of Intelligence and was a senior member of the National Security Council, and in none of these positions, Kahana's family lineage was not relevant, so it was not mentioned. Asks to appoint his nephew to the most senior position in his office, the family context is more relevant and important than ever.
In the public whose support he seeks, the name Kahana is not an insult but an honor.
Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir/Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel
It wasn't Carmela Menashe who brought Kahana's family lineage into the equation, the one who did it was the Kahanist minister Ben Gabir.
I do not know Brigadier General (resp.) Kahana, but the series of positions he held and holds in the army and in civilian life show that he is a man with many skills, so he would do well if he rejected the offer of Ben Gabir, whose family name has a significant part in its submission, and prefers other positions that are offered to him by virtue of his qualifications alone, and not those that his uncle's identity contributes to their very offer no less than the nephew's qualifications.
The writer is a media consultant
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