Archive for July 1, 2014

2 Pro-Israel Arab Boys Under Threat, Now Looking for Safe Houses Abroad

Concerned Zionists are are working to find Yihya Mahmeed & Mohammad Zoabi,  safe houses where they can remain protected.

By Gil Ronen

 

Concerned Zionists are are working to place two courageous Muslim youths from Israel, Mohammad Zoabi and Yihya Mahmeed, in safe environments – after they expressed opinions sympathetic to the abducted Jewish teens and became targets of hatred in the radical Muslim community.

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2 Brave Pro-Israel Arab Boys: Yihya Mahmeed ( left) & Mohammad Zoabi (right)

Zoabi received much media attention after he posted a video on Facebook expressing his concern for the three teen hostages. Mahmeed uploaded a picture of himself to Facebook, with a large Israeli flag and a sign saying “#Bring Back Our Boys.” Continue Reading »

One of the Abducted Jewish Teens Resisted the Arab Kidnappers

Walla news site reports: Forensic evidence suggests 1 of the abducted boys put up a ‘meaningful resistance’ to his kidnappers.

By Arutz Sheva staff

 

Forensic findings on the body of one of the three teenage boys abducted and murdered on June 12 show that the boy put up “meaningful resistance” to his attackers, reported news site Walla on Tuesday, citing a source who was involved in the process of identifying the bodies of the teens.

Israel Mourns

According to an IDF source, after the boys entered the abductors’ vehicle at the Alon Shvut intersection at Gush Etzion, the vehicle traveled west, then made a U-turn toward Hevron. Continue Reading »

Obama condemns killing of Israeli youths, calling parties to exercise restraint

Reiterating Obama, the State Department urges restraint on both sides.

Chairman of House Foreign Relations C’tee  says US should be under no illusion that unity gov’t wants peace.

By JPOST.COM STAFF, MICHAEL WILNER

 

NEW YORK — The United States issued a measured response to the murder of three Israeli teenage boys on Monday, two weeks after the students first gripped the heart of the Jewish nation, and hours after Israel Defense Forces found the missing – Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrah and Gil-Ad Shaer – dead in an open field.
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US President Barack Obama – Photo: REUTERS

In a statement issued to the press, US President Barack Obama balanced a message of empathy as a father with a call for restraint from a leader familiar with spiraling conflicts in the Middle East.

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Jerusalem once again retaliates with multiple airstrikes after Gaza rocket lands in Israel

 

Even though a single rocket from Gaza struck the Eshkol Regional Council with no damage or injuries reported, Israel will no longer allow attacks go without retribution.

By Ilana Curiel, Yoav Zitun and Elior Levy

 

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) attacked several terror sites in the Gaza Strip late Monday night in response to a rocket fired earlier by Palestinian terrorists that struck an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.

No injuries or damage was reported as a result of the rocket fire.

Earlier in the day the bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teens who were kidnapped over two weeks ago were discovered by security forces just north of Hebron. Continue Reading »