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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 solider, he killed some 29 |
'''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 solider, 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, in particular the banned ] organization, to which he belonged. | Widely condemned, he nevertheless became a hero among Israel's right-wing extremists, in particular the banned ] organization, to which he belonged. | ||
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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 solider, 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, in particular the banned Kach organization, to which he belonged.
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