The World : Arabs Ask Shin Bet Probe

The families of two Palestinians killed after their capture in a 1984 bus hijacking asked Israel’s Supreme Court to order an investigation into their deaths and to cancel pardons of Shin Bet security agency officials in the case, legal sources said. The relatives of Majdi abu Jamaa, 17, and Subhi abu Jamaa, 18, said it was possible that the two were innocent passengers on the bus. Previous Israeli inquiries disclosed that the cousins were beaten to death after their capture. The head of Shin Bet, who is alleged to have ordered their deaths and a subsequent cover-up, was given presidential immunity from prosecution in return for resigning. Three aides were also given immunity.