Baruch Goldstein

Baruch Goldstein in medical clothes. Baruch Kappel Goldstein ( December 9 or December 12 , 1956 – February 25 , 1994 ) was a Kahanist born in Brooklyn, New York and was responsible for killing 29 Muslim civilians and injuring approximately 100 in a 1994 mass shooting attack. After emigrating to Israel , Goldstein had served as a physician in the Israeli Defense Force , first as a conscript, then in the reserve forces. Here, he gained notoriety for refusing to treat non-Jews, even those serving in the IDF . When Goldstein was threatened with court-martial he declared: I am not willing to treat any non-Jew. I recognize as legitimate only two [religious] authorities: Maimonides and Kahane. Following the end of his active duty, he worked as a physician and lived in the Kiryat Arba settlement. Goldstein is best known for having killed 29 Palestinian Muslims during Friday prayers , February 25th , 1994 , in the Cave of the Patriarchs , a site in Hebron holy to both Muslims and Jews . After being subdued with a fire extinguisher, Goldstein was beaten to death by survivors. Goldstein left behind a widow and 4 children. At his eulogy Rabbi Dov Lior of Kiryat Arba stated: Goldstein was full of love for fellow human beings. He dedicated himself to helping others. Goldstein could not continue to bear the humiliations and shame nowadays inflicted upon us; this was why he took action for no other reason than to sanctify the holy name of God. Rioting immediately following the massacre led to the deaths of another 26 Palestinians and 2 Israelis. Testimony at the Israeli inquiry raised the possibility Goldstein had an accomplice - two Israeli army guards testified that a second settler entered Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs on February 25th shortly after Goldstein, and that when Goldstein went into the tomb he was armed with a different gun from the Galil assault rifle found by his body. The second settler was carrying a Galil, they said. This testimony was never confirmed, and a commission of inquiry established by Chief Justice Meir Shamgar found that Goldstein had acted on his own. Goldstein's actions were immediately condemned by the Israeli government, and the Israeli populace in general. Spokespeople for all the organized denominations of Judaism denounced his act as immoral and as terrorism. The Kach movement, to which he belonged, was outlawed. The victims of the shooting received financial compensation. However, he became a hero to some Israeli right-wing extremists. Members of the outlawed Kach organization glorify his mass murder (claiming that he pre-empted the mass murder of Jews by Arabs). The group claims the following:

Baruch Kappel Goldstein ( ; December 9, 1956 – February 25, 1994) was an American -born Jewish Israeli physician who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of Hebron , killing 29 Muslims at prayer there and wounding another 150.

Baruch Kopel Goldstein ( ; December 9, 1956 – February 25, 1994) was an American-born Israeli physician and religious extremist . He is known for being the mass murderer who perpetrated the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in the city of Hebron , killing 29 Palestinian Muslim worshippers and wounding another 125. The Israeli government condemned the massacre and responded by arresting followers of Meir Kahane , criminalizing the Kach movement and affiliated movements as terrorist, forbidding certain settlers from entering Palestinian towns and demanding that those settlers turn in their army-issued rifles, though rejecting a PLO demand that all settlers in the West Bank be disarmed and that an international force be created to protect Palestinians. Jewish Israelis were barred from entering major Arab communities in Hebron. The Israeli government also took extreme measures against Palestinians following the deadly riots after the massacre, banning them from certain streets near Jewish settlements in Hebron, such as Al-Shuhada Street , where many Palestinians had homes and businesses, and allowing access exclusively to Jewish Israelis and foreign tourists. In the early 2000s, the street was completely reopened to Palestinian vehicular traffic, however the shops remained closed. The street was closed again to Palestinians due to violence in the Second Intifada. Goldstein's gravesite became a pilgrimage site for Jewish extremists. Upon the tomb, the following words are inscribed: “He gave his life for the people of Israel, its Torah and land.” 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. The tombstone and its epitaph, calling Goldstein a martyr with clean hands and a pure heart, was left untouched. After the flagstones around it were pried away under the eye of a military chaplain, the ground was covered with gravel.

American-Israeli mass murderer (1956–1994) Baruch Kopel Goldstein ( ; born Benjamin Carl Goldstein ; December 9, 1956 – February 25, 1994) was an Israeli-American mass murderer, religious extremist, and physician who perpetrated the 1994 terrorist attack on a mosque attended by Palestinians, known as the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank . Goldstein was a supporter of the Kach , a religious Zionist party that the United States , the European Union and other countries designate as a terrorist organization. On February 25, 1994, Goldstein, a resident of the illegal Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron, entered a room in the Cave of the Patriarchs that was serving as a mosque. Dressed in Israeli military uniform, he opened fire on the 800 Palestinian Muslim worshippers praying during the month of Ramadan , killing 29 and wounding 125 worshippers, until he was beaten to death by survivors. Following the massacre, Jewish Israelis were barred from entering major Arab communities in Hebron. The Israeli government also took extreme measures against Palestinians following the deadly riots after the massacre, expelling them from certain streets near Jewish settlements in Hebron, such as Al-Shuhada Street , where many Palestinians had homes and businesses, and allowing access exclusively to Jewish Israelis and foreign tourists. The international community and the Israeli government condemned the massacre. Israel arrested followers of Meir Kahane , criminalized the Kach movement and affiliated movements as terrorist, forbidding certain Israeli settlers to enter Palestinian towns, and demanding that those settlers turn in their army-issued rifles, although rejecting a Palestinian Liberation Organization demand that all settlers in the West Bank be disarmed and that an international force be created to protect Palestinians. Goldstein's gravesite became a pilgrimage site for Jewish extremists. The following words are inscribed on the tomb: "He gave his life for the people of Israel, its Torah and land." 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. The tombstone and its epitaph, calling Goldstein a martyr with clean hands and a pure heart, was left untouched. After the flagstones around it were pried away under the eye of a military chaplain, the ground was covered with gravel. Official Journal of the European Union .

American-Israeli mass murderer (1956–1994) Baruch Kopel Goldstein ( Hebrew : ברוך קאפל גולדשטיין ; born Benjamin Carl Goldstein ; December 9, 1956 – February 25, 1994) was an American and Israeli physician and religious extremist who, in 1994, murdered 29 Palestinian people in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank , an incident of Jewish terrorism . Goldstein was a supporter of Kach , a religious Zionist party that the United States , the European Union and other countries designate as a terrorist organization. Kach was banned less than a month after Goldstein's attacks on account of statements made in support of his actions. Born in 1956 in Brooklyn , New York , to an Orthodox Jewish family, Goldstein received his education there, starting with Jewish scripture studies, and eventually studying medicine at Yeshiva University . In the United States, he was a member of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), a militant Jewish organization founded by his boyhood acquaintance Meir Kahane . In 1983, Goldstein immigrated to Israel, and served as a physician in the Israeli military , during which he refused to treat Arabs, including those serving as soldiers. Later, he worked as a physician, and lived in the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank . Goldstein was active in Kahane's Kach party, and was third on the party list for the Knesset during the 1984 elections. On February 25, 1994, Goldstein dressed in an Israeli military uniform, entered a mosque in the Cave of the Patriarchs and opened fire on the 800 Palestinian Muslim worshippers praying there during the month of Ramadan , killing 29 and wounding 125 worshippers, until he was beaten to death by survivors. Goldstein's gravesite became a pilgrimage site for Jewish extremists. The following words are inscribed on the tomb: "He gave his life for the people of Israel, its Torah and land." 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. The tombstone and its epitaph, calling Goldstein a martyr with clean hands and a pure heart, was left untouched. After the flagstones around it were pried away under the eye of a military chaplain, the ground was covered with gravel. "US report cites increase in terrorism deaths in Israel" , Jerusalem Post , April 30, 1995 "COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2009/67/CFSP" . Official Journal of the European Union .

American-Israeli mass murderer (1956–1994) Baruch Kopel Goldstein ( Hebrew : ברוך קאפל גולדשטיין ; born Benjamin Carl Goldstein ; December 9, 1956 – February 25, 1994) was an American-Israeli physician and religious extremist who, in 1994, murdered 29 Palestinians in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank , an incident of Jewish terrorism . Goldstein was a supporter of Kach , a religious Zionist party that the United States , the European Union and other countries designate as a terrorist organization. Kach was banned less than a month after Goldstein's attacks on account of statements made in support of his actions. Born in 1956 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City , to an Orthodox Jewish family, Goldstein received his education there, starting with Jewish scripture studies, and eventually studying medicine at Yeshiva University . In the United States, he was a member of the Jewish Defense League (JDL), a militant Jewish organization founded by his boyhood acquaintance Meir Kahane . In 1983, Goldstein immigrated to Israel, and served as a physician in the Israeli military , during which he refused to treat Arabs, including those serving as soldiers. Later, he worked as a physician, and lived in the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank . Goldstein was active in Kahane's Kach party, and was third on the party list for the Knesset during the 1984 elections. On February 25, 1994, Goldstein dressed in an Israeli military uniform , entered a mosque in the Cave of the Patriarchs and opened fire on the 800 Palestinian Muslim worshippers praying there during the month of Ramadan , killing 29 and wounding 125 worshippers, until he was beaten to death by survivors. Goldstein's gravesite became a pilgrimage site for Jewish extremists. The following words are inscribed on the tomb: "He gave his life for the people of Israel, its Torah and land." 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. The tombstone and its epitaph, calling Goldstein a martyr with clean hands and a pure heart, was left untouched. After the flagstones around it were removed, the ground was covered with gravel. "US report cites increase in terrorism deaths in Israel" , Jerusalem Post , April 30, 1995 "COUNCIL COMMON POSITION 2009/67/CFSP" . Official Journal of the European Union .