At the same time, five-month old Yehuda Shoham, who was critically wounded in the head by a stone thrown at his parents' car on Tuesday night, continued to battle for his life. He remains unconscious and connected to a respirator at Hadassah-University Hospital in Jerusalem's Ein Kerem. His father, Benny, said a decision was made to add Haim to his son's name, hoping it would give him life. Prof. Kalman Goitein, who heads the team treating him, said his condition did not improve yesterday. Leaders of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza Strip warned that if the government does not act, they fear the situation may spin out of control, forcing residents to take the law into their own hands.
People are no longer willing to sit at home and ignore the deteriorating security.
I assure you we will remain strong and determined, and we will build new outposts and encampments on the hilltops and strengthen our presence. I call on the government to examine who our neighbors are and their high morals that allow them to target youths in discos and innocent babies. Residents of the territories expressed anger and disbelief when, despite Shoham's injury, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer agreed to ease restrictions imposed on the Palestinians. Last night, Maj.-Gen. Ya'acov Orr, coordinator of activities in the territories, met with PA Minister of Civil Affairs Jamil Tarifi and informed him that Palestinians with US citizenship who have requested to travel to the US will be allowed to depart via Ben-Gurion Airport.