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[AUDIO] Meir Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’s politics – podcast

Joshua Leifer

The Guardian  /  August 20, 2025

Every Wednesday and Friday in August we will publish some of our favourite audio long reads of 2025, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial team to explain why we’ve chosen it.

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This week, from April: a violent fanatic and pioneer in bigotry, Meir Kahane died a political outcast 35 years ago. Today, his ideas influence the very highest levels of government

Written by journalist Joshua Leifer, read by Kerry Shale; executive producer Ellie Bury

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