Murder of Shalhevet Pass
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The murder of Shalhevet Pass was the killing of a ten-month-old Israeli infant by a Palestinian gunman on March 26, 2001. On that day, Shalhevet Pass (Hebrew: שלהבת פס) was shot in the head and killed by a Palestinian sniper while seated in her stroller on the streets of Hebron, where she and her family lived. Shalhevet's father, Yitzchak Pass, who was pushing the stroller, was also seriously wounded in the leg by two shots, and rushed to hospital.[1][2] Israeli investigators [3] believed the snipers were intentionally targeting the baby. The murder of Shalhevet Pass, which came relatively early in the Al-Aqsa Intifada, produced vocal outrage in Israel and abroad.
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[edit] After the murder
On July 2003, Yitzhak Pass was arrested together with his brother in law, Matti Shvu, when 10 pounds of explosives were found in his car. It was suspected at the time that the two belonged to an underground Jewish terror cell.[4] Both were convicted of possessing the explosives, and sentenced to 15 months. They appealed to the Supreme Court, but the court rejected their appeal and extended their sentences to 24 months. The police had suspected that the two belonged to an organised terror cell that planned attacks on Arabs, but those charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence.[5] They were released from prison on June 12, 2005.[6]
[edit] Dedication
A song was dedicated to the memory of "Baby Shalhevet", sung by Avraham Fried at a concert in Hebron, West Bank and was written by his brother Rabbi Manis Friedman.[1]
[edit] See also
- Children and minors in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Al-Aqsa Intifada
- Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 2001
[edit] References
- ^ Center of the Storm: A Case Study of Human Rights Abuses in Hebron District, Human Rights Watch, 2001, p. 64. ISBN 1564322602
- ^ Sontag, Deborah. "Israeli Baby's Funeral Becomes Focus of Settler Militancy", The New York Times, April 2, 2001.
- ^ Shalhevet - Tchiya Pass, 10 months (html). Target: Israeli Children. Israeli Ministry of Ecuation - The State of Israel.
- ^ 8/19/03 NYT
- ^ Jerusalem Post, April 20, 2004
- ^ Jerusalem Post, June 14
[edit] External links
- Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs profile
- Israeli Department of Education profile
- Ha'aretz article on the arrest of Shalhevet's suspected killer, Sudki Zaro
- "Israelis Worry About Terror, By Jews Against Palestinians", 8/19/03 NYT A1, available on Westlaw at 2003 WLNR 5682848.
- Critique of original AP report on the incident
- Hebron: Past, Present, and Forever - dedicated to Shalhevet hy"d 2001
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