Yitzchak and Oriyah Pass, the parents of ten-month-old Shalhevet who was murdered last night by a Palestinian terrorist in Hevron\'s Avraham Avinu neighborhood, continue to insist that their baby will not be buried until the Israeli army recaptures the Abu Sneineh hills. They came to the decision after consulting with Kiryat Arba\'s Chief Rabbi Dov Lior and other officials, and explained that they hope it will help prevent additional funerals. Israel\'s Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau said today that he feels that the decision is mistaken. The sniper shot at the Pass family from the Abu Sneineh hills, in what was merely the latest - and most severe - of many shooting attacks from there in the past months. The hills, which the Hevron Jewish Community renamed the Shalhevet Hills last night in anticipation of building a Jewish neighborhood there, were handed over to Yasser Arafat four years ago.
Funeral Still Waiting For Israeli Military Response
Yitzchak and Oriyah Pass, the parents of ten-month-old Shalhevet who was murdered last night by a Palestinian terrorist in Hevron\'s Avraham Avinu neighborhood, continue to insist that their baby will not be buried until the Israeli army recaptures the Abu Sneineh hills.
Yitzchak and Oriyah Pass, the parents of ten-month-old Shalhevet who was murdered last night by a Palestinian terrorist in Hevron\'s Avraham Avinu neighborhood, continue to insist that their baby will not be buried until the Israeli army recaptures the Abu Sneineh hills. They came to the decision after consulting with Kiryat Arba\'s Chief Rabbi Dov Lior and other officials, and explained that they hope it will help prevent additional funerals. Israel\'s Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau said today that he feels that the decision is mistaken. The sniper shot at the Pass family from the Abu Sneineh hills, in what was merely the latest - and most severe - of many shooting attacks from there in the past months. The hills, which the Hevron Jewish Community renamed the Shalhevet Hills last night in anticipation of building a Jewish neighborhood there, were handed over to Yasser Arafat four years ago.