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|hobby = }} | |hobby = }}'''Baruch Goldstein '''was an American-born Israeli Physicican and Mass Murderer who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron], killing 29 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_people Palestinian] Muslim worshipers and wounding another 125. | ||
'''Baruch Goldstein '''was an American-born Israeli Physicican and Mass Murderer who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebron Hebron], killing 29 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_people Palestinian] Muslim worshipers and wounding another 125. | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Goldstein had been a member of the [[Jewish Defense League]], a [[Militant Judaism]] organization founded by his boyhood acquaintance [[Meir Kahane]]. | Goldstein had been a member of the [[Jewish Defense League]], a [[Militant Judaism]] organization founded by his boyhood acquaintance [[Meir Kahane]]. | ||
He immigrated to Israel in 1983, 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. | He immigrated to Israel in 1983, 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. | ||
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. 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. | 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. 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. | ||
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Goldstein's gravesite became a pilgrimage site for Jewish extremists<sup>.</sup> In 1999, after the passing of Israeli legislation outlawing monuments to terrorists, the Israeli army dismantled the shrine that had been built to Goldstein at the site of his interment. | Goldstein's gravesite became a pilgrimage site for Jewish extremists<sup>.</sup> In 1999, after the passing of Israeli legislation outlawing monuments to terrorists, the Israeli army dismantled the shrine that had been built to Goldstein at the site of his interment. | ||
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