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NEWS
Infant Dies after Palestinian Stoning
by Yated Ne'eman Staff
Five-month-old Yehuda Chaim Shoham, who was mortally wounded
in the head by a stone thrown by Palestinians at his
parents' car last Tuesday night, died Monday afternoon in
Jerusalem's Hadassah-University Hospital, Ein Kerem. He was
buried in Shilo Monday night, after thousands gathered
outside the Prime Minister's Office to pay their respects to
the bereaved family and vent their pain and anger at the
continued need to bury victims of terror attacks.
Yehuda's father Benny Shoham thanked the crowd for its
support, and called on all those present to maintain
restraint despite the pain, and to continue praying for the
people of Israel in these hard times.
Standing next to Shoham, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon
declared, "I did not come here to give a speech, but to cry
with you. Yesterday I stood at Yehuda Chaim's bedside and
held his hand. It was hard for me to leave him. I saw you
praying determinedly, and I prayed with you in my heart. How
can anyone murder a baby?"
Sharon blamed the Palestinian Authority and the ceaseless
Palestinian incitement for Yehuda's death, and declared that
while he was responsible for all the children of Israel, the
burden lay heavily on his shoulders. Turning to Shoham,
Sharon requested the couple's permission to visit them in
Shilo during the shiva.
Despite Shoham's pleas for restraint, and his exhortations
to the crowd to heed Sharon's words, Sharon was continually
interrupted by people in the crowd, who called for vengeance
and declared that he is to blame for the current
situation.
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