Jewish extremist convicted in arson that killed Arab toddler
JERUSALEM — An Israeli district court on Monday convicted a Jewish extremist of murder in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents, a case that had sent shock waves through Israel and helped fuel months of IsraeliPalestinian violence.
The court ruled that the Jewish settler, Amiram Ben-Uliel, hurled firebombs late one night into a West Bank home in July 2015 as a family slept, killing 18-month-old Ali Dawabsheh. His mother, Riham, and father, Saad, later died of their wounds. Ali’s 4-year-old brother, Ahmad, survived.
At the time of the arson killing, Israel was dealing with a wave of vigilantestyle attacks by suspected Jewish extremists. But the deadly firebombing in the West Bank village of Duma touched a particularly sensitive nerve.