David Ha'Ivri
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David Ha'Ivri (In Hebrew דוד העברי, born Jason David Axelrod on April 27, 1967 in Far Rockaway, New York) is a Jewish leader and activist. He is outspoken advocate of theocracy for Israel and a follower of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane, and resident of Kfar Tapuach, a settlement in the Samarian area of the West Bank). Subsequent to the killing of Rabbi Kahane's son, Rabbi Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane (along with his wife on Dec 31, 2000 (5 Tevet 5760), Ha'Ivri has assumed responsibility for the continued spreading of the beliefs of Kahanism and Kahanist Zionism, including the full acceptance of the Tanakh as the only way to run the state of Israel. Ha'Ivri is also the administrator for the Rabbi Kahane online bookstore; the CEO of the HaMeir publishing group; and administrator of the Revava Forum, an online chat and Jewish educational forum. He also sometimes has opinion pieces published on Arutz Sheva, and is interviewed or quoted by the world press.
[edit] 1990 to Present
Since 1990, Ha'Ivri has lived in the Jewish community of Kfar Tapuach, with his wife Mollie and their seven children. Mollie Ha'Ivri is the sister of Talia Kahane, wife of Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane.
The Ha'Ivri family grows organic olives and herbs, and produces olive oil. Ha'Ivri is in the works of building a small animal farm with his wife to serve her occupation of emotional therapist with the help of animals.
Since the murder of Binyamin Ze'ev Kahane, son of Rabbi Meir Kahane, David Ha'Ivri assumed responsibly for the continuation of the Kahane publications, printing new editions of many Rabbi Kahane classics that had been out of print for many years as well as translations, websites, and printed newsletters.
As a former leader of the banned Kahane Chai movement, Ha'Ivri has been interviewed by major press outlets around the world such as The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera, Yediot Achronot, Haaretz, Kol Israel, Fox News and CNN.
He is the author of Reclaiming the Temple Mount a book that describes the history of the Temple Mount and activities of the Jewish organizations involved in reclaiming the site for the Jewish people, and publisher of the "Ideas in Action" newsletter. Ha'Ivri has also been the mention of much controversy. He has been indicted by Israeli authorities several times, with allegations of sedition and racism, but never convicted. On one occasion, Ha'Ivri was accused of racism for his alleged sale of t-shirts and stickers bearing the phrase "אין ערבים, אין פיגועים" translated as "No Arabs, No terror.[1]" David Ha'Ivri has always denied being racist, extremist, or an instigator of causeless violence.
Ha'Ivri also organized mass attempts to ascend to the Temple Mount, though those attempts have always been forcibly stopped by police forces due to their claims of Arab threats to such groups. Some of these attempts garnered significant media attention, particularly the April 10th 2005 "Revava To Temple Mount" when tens of supporters were arrested, including murdered Kfar Tapuach resident Eden Natan-Zada[2]. Months after the attempted entrance to the Temple Mount, Natan-Zada boarded a bus in the northern Israeli city of Shfaram. Though no clear description of what took place or caused the incident have come forth, Natan-Zada opened fire, killing 4 Arabs before being arrested, and disarmed. He was then handed over to the crowd and murdered. Because of his involvement in the "Revava to Temple Mount" and association with Ha'Ivri, Ha'Ivri and his circle were subjected to scrutiny by the Israeli security services. Additionally, many young activists involved in the "Revava to Temple Mount" incident, or otherwise affiliated with Ha'Ivri, became subject to investigations themselves, many thus being exempted from military service.
