Editing Baruch Goldstein (section)

==Background==
Goldstein had been a member of the [[Jewish Defense League]], an [[Ultranationalism|ultranationalist]] and [[Militant Judaism|Militant Jewish]] organization founded by his boyhood acquaintance [[Meir Kahane]].<ref name = Extremism>[https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/baruch-goldstein Baruch Goldstein], ''Counter Extremism Project''</ref>

He immigrated to Israel in 1983<ref name = Extremism></ref>, where served as a physician in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), first as a conscript, then in the reserve forces. Following the end of his active duty, Goldstein worked as a physician, and lived in the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron, where he worked as an emergency doctor, and was involved in treating victims of Arab-Israeli violence. He changed his name from Benjamin to Baruch, married a Soviet immigrant named Miriam, and had four children. Israeli press reports claimed that Goldstein refused to treat Arabs, even Arab soldiers serving in the IDF, believing it was against Jewish laws to treat non-Jews even for payment. This was also reflected in comments by his acquaintances.<ref name = Baruch>[https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/baruch-goldstein/ Baruch Goldstein], ''My Jewish Learning''</ref>

Goldstein was active in Kahane's [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] party, and was third on the party list for the Knesset during the 1984 elections.<ref name = Baruch></ref> He compared Israel's democracy to Germany under [[Nazi Party|Nazism]], and was in the habit of wearing a yellow star with the word Jude on it.