resting_place death_date death_place years_active birth_place religion other_names article_title birth_date known_for residence alma_mater image spouse name occupation death_cause
kiryat park arba , across from the meir kahane memorial 25 february 1994 hebron , west bank 11 brooklyn , new york , united states orthodox judaism benjamin goldstein baruch goldstein
 9 december 1956 killing 29 palestinians and injuring 125 kiryat arba yeshiva einstein college of medicine university -lrb- 1977 -rrb- highest honors , albert baruch goldstein.jpg miriam goldstein baruch goldstein physician -lrb- emergency doctor -rrb- beaten to death
baruch goldstein

baruch kopel goldstein -lrb- ; december 9 , 1956 -- february 25 , 1994 -rrb- 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 .
he was beaten to death by survivors of the massacre .
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 israeli settlers from entering palestinian towns and demanding that those settlers turn in their army-issued rifles , although 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 , 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 .
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 after the second intifada began .
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 .
