I just do not see this as comparable to Baruch Goldstein. He was not doing what he did out of rish-oos, or to maim, mangle, and murder innocent people. He was being a kano-ee, and though I might feel he made a horrible mistake, his motives were to protect his country and people, not to terrorize and massacre his enemies. Many NON-Jews died on 9/11, too. In any case, the biggest difference is that the Maaras Hamachpelah belongs to Jews, no matter what the Arabs think. OUR Avos and Emahos are buried there. It is the Arabs who trespass on our holy ground. And now they are trying to do the same thing in NY in a way guaranteed to re-open all the old wounds and rub salt and acid in them. The fact that they know how antagonistic this is to go forward, yet they still plan to do so, shows they could not care less about anyone’s feelings.
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