Editing Baruch Goldstein (section)

==Immigration to Israel==
Goldstein immigrated to [[Israel]] in 1983.<ref name="Time"/> He 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.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_4167000/4167929.stm BBC News] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706170942/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_4167000/4167929.stm |date=July 6, 2017 }} "Goldstein had lived in Israel for 11 years and was a doctor in the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arba, just outside Hebron." "As the settlement's main emergency doctor, he was involved in treating victims of Arab-Israeli violence."</ref> He changed his name from Benjamin to Baruch, married a Soviet immigrant named Miriam,<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1994/1130/30081.html |title=Life in Hebron's cage of security |journal=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |access-date=February 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090315/https://www.csmonitor.com/1994/1130/30081.html |archive-date=February 19, 2018 |url-status=live |date=November 30, 1994 }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://972mag.com/idf-jewish-soldiers-refuse-to-share-table-with-druze-comrades/40607/ | work=[[+972 Magazine]]| title=Jewish soldiers refuse to share Seder table with Druze comrades | first=Yossi | last=Gurvitz | date=April 8, 2012 | access-date=September 10, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117050352/http://972mag.com/idf-jewish-soldiers-refuse-to-share-table-with-druze-comrades/40607/ | archive-date=November 17, 2012 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[[Israel Shahak]], [[Norton Mezvinsky]], ''Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel''. (1999) 2nd edition Pluto Press 2004 p.96.</ref> This was also reflected in comments by his acquaintances.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=xvvPh-ob6OQC&dq=terror+baruch+goldstein&pg=PA98 Mass-mediated Terrorism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814150225/http://books.google.com/books?id=xvvPh-ob6OQC&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=terror+baruch+goldstein&source=bl&ots=zWfWcegzBE&sig=A2-eodZSI3G8ulh1O9EZtscj4P8&hl=en&ei=b4exSfGmGZqqtQPtkfjXAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result#PPA98,M1 |date=August 14, 2014 }} Brigitte Lebens Nacos, Rowman & Littlefield, 2002</ref> Goldstein was active in Kahane's [[Kach (political party)|Kach]] party, and was third on the party list for the [[Knesset]] during the 1984 elections.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=M23n0qDTvkQC&q=Goldstein+list&pg=PA259 "Brother Against Brother"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140628155519/http://books.google.com/books?id=M23n0qDTvkQC&pg=PA259&dq=Baruch+Goldstein+Brother+Against&hl=en&ei=LzW-TJ_yBYaZ4AaOn527AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Goldstein%20list&f=false |date=June 28, 2014 }} By Ehud Sprinzak pg. 242</ref>
He compared Israel's democracy to the Nazi regime, and often wore a [[yellow badge|yellow star]] with the word ''JUDE'' on it.<ref>Ami Pedahzur, Arie Perliger. ''Jewish Terrorism in Israel''. Columbia University Press, 2011. p.71.</ref>