Editing Baruch Goldstein (section)

==Gravesite and shrine==
[[Image:Baruch Goldstein tomb.jpg|thumb|right|Goldstein's tomb]]

Israeli military authorities refused to allow Goldstein to be buried in the Jewish cemetery in Hebron.<ref>{{cite web|title=Supreme court decision|url=http://elyon2.court.gov.il/files/98/950/061/G13/98061950.G13.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141227155120/http://elyon2.court.gov.il/files/98/950/061/G13/98061950.G13.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 27, 2014}}</ref> He was buried opposite the Meir Kahane Memorial Park in [[Kiryat Arba]], a Jewish settlement adjacent to Hebron. The park is named in memory of Rabbi [[Meir Kahane]], founder of the [[Far-right politics in Israel|Israeli far-right]] political party [[Kach (political party)|Kach]], a group classified by the United States and Israeli governments as a [[List of designated terrorist groups|terrorist group]]. Goldstein was a long-time devotee of Kahane.<ref name="Time">{{cite magazine |last=Lacayo |first=Richard |last2=Beyer |first2=Lisa |last3=Calabresi |first3=Massimo |last4=Silver |first4=Eric |name-list-style=and |date=March 7, 1994 |title=The Making of a Murderous Fanatic |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,980282,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210225849/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,980282,00.html |archive-date=February 10, 2009 |access-date=October 19, 2009 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>

The gravesite has become a [[pilgrimage]] site for Jewish [[extremists]]; a plaque near the grave reads, "To the holy Baruch Goldstein, who gave his life for the Jewish people, the Torah, and the nation of Israel". According to [[Baruch Marzel]], about 10,000 people had visited the grave by the year 2000.<ref name="Party">{{cite news |title=Graveside party celebrates Hebron massacre |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/685792.stm |work=BBC News |date=March 21, 2000 |access-date=October 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801045341/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/685792.stm |archive-date=August 1, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1996, members of the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]] called for the shrine-like landscaped prayer area near the grave to be removed, and Israeli security officials expressed concern that the grave would encourage extremists.<ref>[http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/4961/edition_id/91/format/html/displaystory.html "Goldstein's grave draws extremists"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930035045/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/4961/edition_id/91/format/html/displaystory.html |date=September 30, 2007 }}, [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]], November 22, 1996.</ref> In 1999, following passage of a law designed to prohibit monuments to [[terrorists]], and an associated Supreme Court ruling, the Israeli Army bulldozed the shrine and prayer area set up near Goldstein's grave.<ref>[http://archives.cnn.com/1999/WORLD/meast/12/29/israel.goldstein/index.html "Israel removes shrine to mosque murderer"], [[CNN]], December 29, 1999. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051114140828/http://archives.cnn.com/1999/WORLD/meast/12/29/israel.goldstein/index.html |date=November 14, 2005 }}</ref> As of 2014, a new tomb has been built, and still receives visits from Jewish pilgrims.<ref name=shame/>