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During an official Israeli inquiry, the regional commander in charge of West Bank forces said Jewish settler Baruch Goldstein's killing spree in the Tomb of the Patriarchs could have been prevented. Five of the six men who were supposed to be on guard inside the mosque -- including three who overslept -- were missing.A police superintendent testified that Israeli security forces were forbidden to fire on Jewish settlers, even if the settlers were shooting Palestinians. In that case, he said, "you take cover and wait for the clip to finish, then stop him in some other way, not by shooting...
...Hebron settlers feel they are being unfairly condemned for the sin of Baruch Goldstein, who came from neighboring Kiryat Arba. "What, we've all turned into bloodthirsty murderers?" says Horowitz. "We don't eat people." But they do incense them no end. Says the Rabin aide: "At least in other settlements, Jews can move around without rubbing it in the face of the Arabs. Not the Hebronites." When they chose their home, the Hebron Jews meant to trumpet their presence in the West Bank. Now the government must contemplate ejecting them to send as vocal a message...
...settlements, is under deeply conflicting political pressures about how to respond, and many feel he has failed to do enough. Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat will be damned by his own people if he does resume talks, and damned by history if he does not. When Dr. Baruch Goldstein walked into the Hebron shrine and opened fire on rows of kneeling worshippers, his intention was not just to kill Arabs but also to destroy the peace process that promised to end decades of bloody struggle over the occupied territories. If a way cannot be found to allow both sides...
...what was [Baruch] Goldstein [the man who killed over 40 Muslims in a mosque in Israel two weeks ago]? Was he a hero, a murderer, a militant, or a terrorist? It seems that there is no consensus, especially not among the Israeli settlers and Jewish religious leaders...
Most religious West Bank settlers are represented by the National Religious Party, Tzomet and Moledet, all of whom voted in favor of the resolution. Even among the often-demonized West Bank settlers, Baruch Goldstein and his ilk are a fringe, extremist group...