Since 1985 , the Israeli government has outlawed political parties espousing Kahane 's ideology as being " racist " , and it forbids their participation in the Israeli government . The Kach party was banned from running for the Knesset in 1988 , while the existence of the two Kahanist movements formed following Kahane 's assassination in 1990 were proclaimed illegal terrorist organizations in 1994 and the groups were subsequently officially disbanded . Activities by followers with militant Kahanist beliefs continue to the present today , however , as seen below . In 2001 , the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights described the official Kahanist website , which was kahane.org at the time , as a hate site espousing prejudiced views in which ' Arabs generally and Palestinians in particular are vilified . ' The deadliest Jewish terrorist attack occurred when Dr. Baruch Goldstein , supporter of Kach , shot and killed 29 Muslim worshipers , and wounded another 150 , at the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre in Hebron , in 1994 . This was described as a case of Jewish religious terrorism by Mark Juergensmeyer . Goldstein was a medical doctor who grew up in Brooklyn and he was educated at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx . He resettled in the Kiryat Arba settlement in the West Bank , and he was politically active for years – he saw Rabbi Meir Kahane as a hero , and he was Kahane 's campaign manager when he ran for the Israeli parliament through Kahane 's Kach party . When Goldstein was threatened with a court-martial for refusing to treat non-Jewish soldiers in the Israeli Defence Force , he declared : " I am not willing to treat any non-Jew . I recognize as legitimate only two religious authorities : Maimonides and Kahane . " Goldstein was denounced " with shocked horror " by Orthodox Jews , and most Israelis denounced Goldstein as insane . Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin condemned the attack , describing Goldstein as a " degenerate murderer " , " a shame on Zionism and an embarrassment to Judaism " . At the same time , Goldstein 's actions were praised by some extremist settlers ; Yochay Ron said that he " felt good " when he heard the news , and he also stated that Jews were " at war with the Arabs " and " all Arabs who live here are a danger to us ... they threaten the very existence of the Jewish community on the West Bank . " Goldstein and other religious settlers at Beit Hadassah ( both Kahanist and Gush Emunim ) believe that the biblical lands on the West Bank are sacred , that Jews are required by God to occupy them , and that the presence of Muslims desecrates the Holy Land . After this attack , members of the Kach Party praised Goldstein 's actions , and in the ensuing political turmoil , the Knesset banned Kach in Israel . The Shamgar Commission in Israel concluded that Baruch Goldstein acted alone
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
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