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| '''Baruch Goldstein''' was an American-born physician and a settler in ], then under Israeli military control (it was handed over to the ] in 1998). Armed with a machine gun and dressed as an Israeli |
'''Baruch Goldstein''' was an American-born physician and a settler in ], then under Israeli military control (it was handed over to the ] in 1998). Armed with a machine gun and dressed as an Israeli soldier, he killed some 29 Muslims praying in the ], a Hebron site holy both to Jews and Muslims, on February 25, 1994. He was then beaten to death by Arabs. | ||
| Widely condemned, he nevertheless became a hero among Israel's right-wing extremists (his tombstone set up by them reads "To the saint Baruch Goldstein... who gave his life for the Jewish people, its Torah and his country; of clean hands and a pure heart"), in particular |
Widely condemned, he nevertheless became a hero among Israel's right-wing extremists (his tombstone set up by them reads "To the saint Baruch Goldstein... who gave his life for the Jewish people, its Torah and his country; of clean hands and a pure heart"), in particular among members of the banned ] organization, to which he belonged. In 1998, a bill was passed in the ] that forbade the erection of monuments to terrorists; in 2000 a small shrine built around Goldstein's tomb was demolished; at the time it was also declared that a discussion of the wording above was pending. | ||
| '''See also''' | '''See also''' | ||
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Baruch Goldstein was an American-born physician and a settler in Hebron, then under Israeli military control (it was handed over to the Palestinian Authority in 1998). Armed with a machine gun and dressed as an Israeli soldier, he killed some 29 Muslims praying in the Cave of the Patriarchs, a Hebron site holy both to Jews and Muslims, on February 25, 1994. He was then beaten to death by Arabs.
Widely condemned, he nevertheless became a hero among Israel's right-wing extremists (his tombstone set up by them reads "To the saint Baruch Goldstein... who gave his life for the Jewish people, its Torah and his country; of clean hands and a pure heart"), in particular among members of the banned Kach organization, to which he belonged. In 1998, a bill was passed in the Knesset that forbade the erection of monuments to terrorists; in 2000 a small shrine built around Goldstein's tomb was demolished; at the time it was also declared that a discussion of the wording above was pending.
See also