Word: supportive
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Kahane preached that Arabs and Jews couldn't and shouldn't live together in peace. For his followers--and even to some who did not support him--Kahane's death is one more piece of evidence to support his claims...
...Kahane emigrated from the United States to Israel and founded his political party, Kach. With Kach as his base of support, Kahane tried to exploit the irrational fears of the Israeli public. After decades of war, violence and terrorism in the region, many Israelis were mistrustful of Arab and Palestinian intentions. But these fears generally did not find expression in political extremism. Kahane fanned this spark of mistrust into flames of hatred...
...unethical, immoral and racist. Kahane ultimately appealed to only a small segment of the Israeli population and the world Jewish community. At the height of his popularity, Kach garnered only about 5 percent of the vote in Israeli parliamentary elections. In 1988, his party lost much of its support when it was barred from elections under the terms of an Israeli law against racist and undemocratic parties...
...feel I've done what I promised the President I would try to do," he said. When the combative Bennett took the post as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, he told Bush that to fight the drug menace he needed a coherent strategy, bipartisan support for the effort and more money. Now, he says, "that's done...
...office in record numbers. More women were running for top posts than ever before: eight each for the U.S. Senate and governorships, 67 for the House of Representatives. With few exceptions these candidates were experienced politicians who had worked their way up through the system and established networks of support that might carry them into high office at last...