Baruch Goldstein: Difference between revisions
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|origin = Brooklyn, New York, United States | |origin = Brooklyn, New York, United States | ||
|occupation = IDF physician | |occupation = IDF physician | ||
|type of villain = Terrorist | |type of villain = Vengeful Terrorist | ||
|goals = Kill | |goals = Kill everyone at the Ibrahimi Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs (failed)<br>Recreate the Purim story of the execution of Haman the Agagite (failed) | ||
|crimes = Mass murder | |crimes = Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Islamophobia]] | ||
|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. | |hobby = }}{{Quote|There will be a day when one Jew will take revenge on the Arabs.|Baruch Goldstein}}'''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]], | 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]]. | ||
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. | ||
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