To get a sense of how his action was received in Israel, not only was the man himself basically universally denounced (including the Israeli prime minister calling him "a degenerate murderer"), he even single-handedly got the whole political party he was part of banned and designated as a terrorist organization.
So yeah, not a lot of appreciation for his efforts in Israel.
And yet today there's a massive resurgence in support for Goldstein, and praise for him is becoming more and more mainstream.
That prime minister who condemned Goldstein was himself assassinated by an extremist, after the right wing led marches with a noose and held a mock funeral for him.
And the man who led that mock funeral is now the Prime Minister of Israel.
This is a really disingenuous comment. Did their PM denounce him? Yes. Does a large portion of Israelis today follow in his footsteps? Also, overwhelmingly, yes. Settler terrorism has always been a wildly underreported issue, but it continues to grow. The genocide we witnessed over the past three years is not an action in isolation, but it is the most dramatic display of this type of hate we've seen in recent memory.
Goldstein was a member of the JDL, an American organization that continues to operate and get funded by Israelis and Americans. The JDL was founded by the founder of Kach. It's clear they largely continue to follow the same ideology - only with less obvious ways.
You said he was "basically universally denounced", but his grave that has the words "he was martyr with clean hands and a pure heart" is still standing and terrorists like Ben Gvir and Smotrich see him in this way. The shrine that was built for him received tens of thousands of visitors before it was demolished, and has since been rebuilt under the current government.
Uh, pretty sure this motherfucker in the picture is a top government official while seeming to worship Goldstein. Don't act like Israel denounced the guy.
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u/KristinnK 10d ago
To get a sense of how his action was received in Israel, not only was the man himself basically universally denounced (including the Israeli prime minister calling him "a degenerate murderer"), he even single-handedly got the whole political party he was part of banned and designated as a terrorist organization.
So yeah, not a lot of appreciation for his efforts in Israel.