Cave of Patriarchs massacre was "planned by the hate-filled political, religious and ideological echelons in Israel"
Headline: “On the Anniversary of the Massacre at the Ibrahimi Mosque (Cave of the Patriarchs) – ‘Issa: this crime is an explicit attack against our people’
“[In a statement made] yesterday, Chairman of the Islamic-Christian Committee for the Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites Hanaa Issa emphasized [the criminal nature of this crime, calling it] a criminal act that was planned by the hate-filled political, religious and ideological echelons in Israel…”
Note: Cave of the Patriarchs massacre - on Feb. 25, 1994, Israeli Baruch Goldstein, a member of an Israeli far-right movement, opened fire on Muslims praying inside the Ibrahimi Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, killing 29 and wounding 125.
Goldstein’s attack was widely condemned in Israel and by Jewish communities in the diaspora; Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin condemned Goldstein’s action, calling it “a loathsome, criminal act of murder” and described Goldstein as “a shame on Zionism and an embarrassment to Judaism.” Rabin also noted that, contrary to the claims made above, Goldstein had acted alone – all facts ignored by the official PA daily in the above articles.
In addition to verbal condemnation, the Israeli government took concrete steps to prevent similar attacks from occurring, by imposing administrative detentions on several individuals and revoking their weapons permits, and by designating several extremist movements, including Goldstein’s, as illegal terrorist groups. In 1998, Israel passed a law outlawing monuments to honor terrorists and dismantled the memorial to Goldstein which had been erected by his supporters.
“[In a statement made] yesterday, Chairman of the Islamic-Christian Committee for the Support of Jerusalem and the Holy Sites Hanaa Issa emphasized [the criminal nature of this crime, calling it] a criminal act that was planned by the hate-filled political, religious and ideological echelons in Israel…”
Note: Cave of the Patriarchs massacre - on Feb. 25, 1994, Israeli Baruch Goldstein, a member of an Israeli far-right movement, opened fire on Muslims praying inside the Ibrahimi Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, killing 29 and wounding 125.
Goldstein’s attack was widely condemned in Israel and by Jewish communities in the diaspora; Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin condemned Goldstein’s action, calling it “a loathsome, criminal act of murder” and described Goldstein as “a shame on Zionism and an embarrassment to Judaism.” Rabin also noted that, contrary to the claims made above, Goldstein had acted alone – all facts ignored by the official PA daily in the above articles.
In addition to verbal condemnation, the Israeli government took concrete steps to prevent similar attacks from occurring, by imposing administrative detentions on several individuals and revoking their weapons permits, and by designating several extremist movements, including Goldstein’s, as illegal terrorist groups. In 1998, Israel passed a law outlawing monuments to honor terrorists and dismantled the memorial to Goldstein which had been erected by his supporters.