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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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