10% of Israeli Jews think terrorist Baruch Goldstein is a ’national hero’ - poll

Baruch Goldstein was a Jewish settler and terrorist who massacred 29 Palestinians in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron in 1994. Some Israelis still support him.

The survey was conducted through the Smith Institute ahead of the 29th anniversary of the massacre. That year, Purim fell out during Ramadan. Goldstein entered the section of the Cave of the Patriarchs used as a mosque and opened fire on 800 Muslim worshipers, killing 29 and wounding 125. He was beaten to death by the survivors.

The Jerusalem Post, 2023