The convict
By agency reports
A U.S. court in Texas has jailed a 43-year-old woman, Elizabeth Wolf, for five years for attempting to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim girl.
The court held that Wolf attempted to kill the toddler in a May 2024 incident that local police said was motivated by racial bias.
The Judge, Andy Porter, sentenced Wolf after she pleaded guilty to attempted murder and injury to a child.
The convict was indicted last year after the attack, which was condemned by then-President Joe Biden, and waived a trial by jury.
Human rights advocates note rising threats against American Muslims, Arabs and Jews since the start of Israel’s assault in Gaza after the Oct. 7 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel in which more than 1200 Jews were killed.
The incident occurred at an apartment complex swimming pool in Euless, Texas, where Wolf argued with the mother of the 3-year-old girl.
The mother was also at the pool with her 6-year-old son, and Wolf asked where they were from, a police report said.
Wolf tried to drown the 3-year-old and attempted to grab the 6-year-old, the report said.
The mother pulled her daughter from the water and the children were medically cleared after medics responded.
Recent incidents raising anti-Muslim bias concerns include the fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy in Illinois, and the stabbing of a Palestinian-American man in Texas.
Others include a violent mob attack on pro-Palestinian protesters in California, the shooting of two Israeli visitors in Florida whom a suspect mistook for Palestinians and an assault by a pro-Israeli mob in New York City that chanted “Death to Arabs.”
Incidents raising alarm over antisemitism and anti-Israeli attitudes include the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington, a Colorado attack that killed one person and an arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence.
