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On the festival of Purim in 1994, Israeli-American doctor Baruch Goldstein opened fire in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, killing 29 Muslim worshippers. Condemnation was swift and decisive, but among the voices of dismay and repulsion were those who supported Goldstein’s actions and honored him after his death.
Goldstein was overpowered and beaten to death by survivors. The atrocity strained the Israeli-Palestinian Oslo Accords peace process, immediately setting off mass protests by Palestinians throughout the West Bank.
Baruch Kopel Goldstein (Hebrew: ברוך קאפל גולדשטיין; born Benjamin Carl Goldstein; [2] December 9, 1956 – February 25, 1994) was an American - Israeli mass murderer, religious extremist, and physician who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, an incident of Jewish ...
- The Massacre: Fact and Fiction
- Reactions in Israel
- Murderer, Not Martyr
The events of February 25 are no less controversial than Goldstein’s character. Various versions of the morning’s events circulated in the Israeli press based on eye witness accounts: Goldstein was called up for reserve duty on the morning of the massacre and driven to the Tomb of the Patriarchs in his commander’s army jeep; he was helped to enter ...
In the wake of the massacre, the Israeli government and the Chief Rabbis unreservedly condemned Goldstein’s actions. Prime Minister Rabin announced to the Knesset: “we say to this horrible man and those like him: you are a shame on Zionism and an embarrassment to Judaism.” The Cabinet decided to pay compensation to Goldstein’s victims and enacted a...
Having been denied permission by the authorities to be buried in the Hebron Jewish cemetery, Goldstein was buried in the Meir Kahane Memorial Park in Kiryat Arba. A plaque near the grave reads: “To the holy Baruch Goldstein, who gave his life for the Jewish people, the Torah Pronunced: TORE-uh, Origin: Hebrew, the Five Books of Moses. , and the lan...
Mar 22, 2019 · His gravesite, in a local park—the army refused to allow Goldstein’s family to bury him in the communal cemetery, wishing to deter potential pilgrims from praying at his tomb—draws throngs ...
Feb 5, 2010 · A Jewish settler has killed up to 30 Palestinians at a mosque in Hebron after opening fire as people gathered for Friday morning prayers. US-born doctor Baruch Goldstein, 38, burst into the...
Baruch Goldstein was an American-Israeli dual citizen and ultranationalist terrorist who shot 29 Palestinian Muslims to death and wounded 125 more in the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in Hebron, West Bank, in 1994. Survivors of the attack eventually stopped him from shooting and killed him.
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