The New York Times · 17 September 1983

CP-1983-017

Jewish Settler Pardoned In Hebron Shooting

Scan 600 × 804 pixels

Transcribed from the clipping

JERUSALEM, Sept. 16 — President Chaim Herzog pardoned a Jewish settler from the occupied West Bank who had been convicted and sentenced to a year in jail for shooting into an Arab house in Hebron, injuring a 5-year-old girl with flying glass, the Israeli radio reported today. The settler, Arye Bar-Yosef, had served 5 months of his 12-month sentence.

The trial court originally imposed a four-month jail term, with six months suspended, and fined him the equivalent of about $750. The Justice Ministry, which has been trying to toughen punishment of Jewish vigilantes, appealed, calling the sentence too lenient, and the Supreme Court raised it to a year in jail. Mr.

Herzog thus used his power to counteract the Supreme Court decision. No reason for his decision was given.

Cite this clipping

More from The New York Times

• The Maine Colony in PalestineThe New York Times · 12 November 1866
• Jewish Colonization in PalestineThe New York Times · 9 December 1883
• Jewish State in Palestine OpposedThe New York Times · 9 July 1897
• ZIONIST CONGRESS IN BASELThe New York Times · 31 August 1897
• ROME FEARS THE ZIONISTSThe New York Times · 12 September 1897
• PROGRESS OF ZIONISMThe New York Times · 16 December 1901
• 852 more from this paper in the full text →

More from the 1980s

• 3 Days of Terror, Panic and DeathThe New York Times · 9 February 1983
• 4 Israeli Soldiers Guilty in Hebron HarassmentThe New York Times · 18 February 1983
• Hebron Mayor Says Israelis Kidnapped 2 Arab Teen-AgersThe New York Times · 2 March 1983
• Hundreds Fall Sick in West Bank; Poison SuspectedThe New York Times · 28 March 1983
• Arafat rejects Reagan's Palestine proposalThe Macon News · 4 April 1983
• U.S. Doctors Study Mystery In West BankSan Francisco Chronicle · 5 April 1983
• All 527 clippings from the 1980s →