In 1994 , a Jewish settler in the West Bank and follower of the Kach party , Baruch Goldstein , massacred 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron . It was known that , prior to the massacre , Goldstein , a physician , refused to treat Arabs , including Arab soldiers with the Israeli army . During his funeral , a rabbi declared that even one million Arabs are " not worth a Jewish fingernail " . Goldstein was immediately " denounced with shocked horror even by the mainstream Orthodox " , and many in Israel classified Goldstein as insane . The Israeli government condemned the massacre and made Kach illegal . The Israeli army killed a further nine Palestinians during riots following the massacre , and the Israeli government severely restricted Palestinian freedom of movement in Hebron , while letting settlers and foreign tourists roam free , although Israel also forbade a small group of Israeli settlers from entering Palestinian towns and demanded that those settlers turn in their army-issued rifles . Goldstone 's grave has become a pilgrimage site for Jewish extremists
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Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
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