Shlomo Baum was an Israel

Israel

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i military commando fighter. He was one of the founders of Unit 101

Unit 101

Unit 101 was a special forces unit of the Israeli Defense Forces , founded and commanded by Ariel Sharon on orders from Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in August 1953...

 of the Israel Defense Forces

Israel Defense Forces

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, where he served as Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon

Ariel Sharon is an Israeli statesman and retired general, who served as Israel’s 11th Prime Minister. He has been in a permanent vegetative state since suffering a stroke on 4 January 2006....

's deputy in command.

Baum lived in Abu Tor

Abu Tor

Abu Tor is a mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood in central Jerusalem, Israel, south of the Old City. Abu Tor is bounded by the Valley of Hinnom on the north, Hebron Road and the old Jerusalem Railway Station to the west, and the Sherover Promenade, Armon HaNetziv and Peace Forest to the south...

, the mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem.

Baum was known for his right-wing politics

Right-wing politics

In politics, Right, right-wing and rightist generally refer to support for a hierarchical society justified on the basis of an appeal to natural law or tradition. To varying degrees, the Right rejects the egalitarian objectives of left-wing politics, claiming that the imposition of equality is...

, his support of Israeli settlement in the territories captured by Israel in the Six Day War, and for his opposition to territorial compromise.