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Baruch Marzel

Baruch Marzel is an Israeli politician and activist who served as spokesman of the Kach movement and founded the Jewish National Front party in 2004.

born 1959Spokesman of the Kach movementFounding the Jewish National Front2015 election disqualification case

Born: 23 April 1959, Boston
Occupation: politician
Party: Kach, Jewish National Front, Jewish Power
Founded: Jewish National Front (2004)

Baruch Marzel was born in 1959 in Boston

Marzel was born in Boston in 1959 to Shlomo Marzel, an educator. He moved to Israel with his family as a baby, and they settled in the Bayit Vegan neighborhood of Jerusalem. He now lives in Hebron with his wife Sarah and their 9 children.

As a youth he took part in the activity of Rabbi Meir Kahane's movement. He studied at a hesder yeshiva in Yamit and then joined the IDF. He served in the Armored Corps, fought in the 1982 Lebanon War, and later represented the Sar-El project in the United States.

Marzel was spokesman of Kach for about 10 years and became secretary of its Knesset faction after Kahane was elected in 1984. After Kahane was murdered in 1990, he led Kach until the movement was declared a terrorist organization in 1994. He was arrested many times by the police and was convicted of criminal offenses.

In 2004 he founded the Jewish National Front and led its list in the 2006 elections, but it did not pass the threshold. He ran again in 2013 and 2015 without entering the Knesset. In 2015 the Central Elections Committee disqualified him, and the Supreme Court overturned the decision.

He writes for Arutz Sheva. In 2024 he and Michael Ben-Ari formed a new party, which the Registrar of Political Parties rejected based on Shin Bet information.

Milestones in Baruch Marzel's life

1959
Born in Boston.
1982
Fought in the Lebanon War with the Armored Corps.
1984
Became secretary of the Kach Knesset faction.
1990
Became leader of Kach after Kahane's murder.
2004
Founded the Jewish National Front.
2006
Led the Jewish National Front list in the Knesset elections.
2013
Ran third on the Otzma LeYisrael list.
2015
Was disqualified by the Elections Committee, a decision the Supreme Court overturned.
2024
Formed a new party with Michael Ben-Ari.

Baruch Marzel served in the military

Marzel served in the IDF Armored Corps and fought in the 1982 Lebanon War in battles near the Beirut-Damascus highway. After his service he was sent to the United States for the Sar-El project.