Did Liberal Zionism ever stand a chance against Kahanism?

In his day, Meir Kahane was looked at as a fringe extremist, even being banned from Israel's Knesset for racism. But Zionism itself fundamentally necessitates accepting Kahane's main thesis: that Israel cannot be a both democracy and a Jewish state. Indeed, Zionism cannot be Zionism without Kahanism. The Zionists just didn't realize it back then. Today, they are starting to. The results are not pretty.

Israel: Jewish and democratic state 1953 Education law and etc.

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