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| June 17, 2014
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Arab Terrorist Shot Trying to Infiltrate into Shomron Town

IDF soldiers open fire on 2 Palestinian terrorists trying to infiltrate into the Shomron town of Kochav Ya’akov.

By Benny Moshe

 

IDF soldiers were able to foil an attempt by two terrorists to infiltrate into the Shomron (Samaria) town of Kochav Ya’akov, northeast of Jerusalem, on Monday evening.

The soldiers caught the two as they were tampering with the fence surrounding the town and opened fire towards them. One of the terrorists was wounded and taken for treatment in a Ramallah hospital. His condition is unknown.

Officials in the IDF said that there have been several recent attempts by terrorists to infiltrate into the town, all of which were stopped by security forces. Continue Reading »

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| June 16, 2014
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Does Abbas, the PLO or PA Really Oppose Abduction of Jews?

 

Palestinian Authority leader Abbas finally condemned the abduction of 3 Jewish teens, but it doesn’t appear to be sincere.

By Ryan Jones

 

 

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Monday finally condemned last Thursday’s abduction of three Israeli youth by Palestinian terrorists. But, can Israel take seriously the belated condemnation?

Disgusting: Cartoon compares kidnapped Israeli boys to rats
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First, it should be noted that Abbas also condemned Israel’s military efforts to find and rescue the kidnapped boys, thereby drawing moral equivalence between the abduction and Israel’s reaction to it.

Abbas’ remarks echoed a statement issued a day earlier by his foreign ministry, which accused Israel of launching a “fierce attack against the Palestinian people,” and all but justified the abduction of the three Jewish youths because they are “settlers” whose presence in Judea and Samaria is “illegal.” Continue Reading »

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| June 16, 2014
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Jerusalem baffled at EU refusal to make kidnapping condemnation

While the int’l community had condemned the kidnapping of 3 Jewish Israeli youths by Sunday, Catherine Ashton’s office at the EU has yet to issue any statement.

 

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, June 20, 2013. Photo: REUTERS/Abir Sultan/Pool

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s failure to quickly condemn the kidnappings of Naphtali Fraenkel, Gil-Ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach has “not gone unnoticed,” diplomatic sources in Jerusalem said on Monday.

Meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with EU Foreign Commissioner Catherine Ashton in Jerusalem. January 26, 2012 – Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO

The officials said that while the US, Canada, Great Britain, Spain, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the International Committee of the Red Cross all condemned the kidnappings by Sunday, as of Monday afternoon there was no statement from Ashton or her office. Continue Reading »

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| June 16, 2014
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Young relative of Palestinian MK condemns Israeli teens’ abductors & PA

Nazareth teen Mohammad Zoabi, relative of controversial Israel Knesset Member & Palestinian Arab, Hanin Zoabi, calls the PA a terrorist organization and urges fellow Israeli Arabs to embrace Israel as Jewish state.

By Hassan Shaalan

 

 

A video has emerged of an Arab teenager from Nazareth condemning the Palestinian Authority as a terrorist organization and calling on the kidnappers of three Israeli Jewish teens to free them immediately. What makes the video even more unusual is that it was made by Mohammad Zoabi, the 16-year-old relative of controversial Arab MK Hanin Zoabi.

Nazareth teen Mohammad Zoabi – Facebook

The video, filmed in English, Hebrew and Arabic, has drawn thousands of angry responses, including one from Mohammad’s parliamentarian relative. Continue Reading »

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| June 16, 2014
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Former MK Demands Death Penalty Instatement, Executions of Jailed Terrorists Hourly

Ex-MK Ben-Ari suggests executions of convicted terrorists every hour until kidnapped Jewish teens are returned, “A hanging every hour in the streets like they do in the Arab countries, this is how they do things.”

By Ari Yashar

 

There was talk on Sunday among MKs and former MKs suggesting that the time has come to apply the Israeli death penalty law to terrorists, given the kidnapping last Thursday night of three teenage students.

Construction and Housing Minister Uri Ariel (Jewish Home) on Sunday called for the death penalty law to be acted upon.

“The death penalty appears in the laws, but has only been used one time in the state’s history against (Nazi leader) Adolf Eichmann,” Ariel said, adding that he thinks the law should be applied against terrorists as well, reports Walla! Continue Reading »

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| June 16, 2014
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Hamas orders Palestinians to erase all security camera tapes

 

PA President Abbas’ office orders all Palestinian security forces to relay any information that could be useful in returning the kidnapped Jewish teens to the IDF.

Islamic Jihad member calls PA coordination with the IDF “akin to betrayal.”

By Daniel Siryoti

 

The Palestinian Authority security forces and Israel Defense Forces are coordinating their efforts and have a constant open line of communication in the search of the three kidnapped Israeli teens in Hebron, a senior Palestinian security official said.

Sweets are handed out in Gaza to celebrate the kidnapping of three Israeli teens – Photo: AFP

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ office ordered the Palestinian security forces to relay all information that could be useful in finding the kidnapped teens to the IDF.

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| June 16, 2014
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Rabbi Aviner: To dissuade terror, Israel must institute death penalty

Due to danger of kidnapping, leading rabbis call for people to refrain from hitch hiking around the settlements of Judea & Samaria.

One of the leading national-religious figures in the national-religious community Rabbi Shlomo Aviner called on Sunday for the imposition of the death penalty for Palestinians involved in terror activity as a way of preventing future kidnappings and other terrorist attacks.

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner

Rabbi Shlomo Aviner – Photo: Courtesy

Speaking to The Jerusalem Post, Aviner, who heads the Ateret Yerushalayim yeshiva in the Old City of Jerusalem and is the rabbi of the Beit El settlement, said that the solution to the issue of kidnappings could not simply be particularistic, but must address root causes. Continue Reading »

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| June 16, 2014
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Following firefight IDF arrests 2 Hamas terrorists in Hebron

 

Loud explosion heard after soldiers instructed the residents to exit building.

Palestinian sources reported casualties among the residents of a home identified belonging to Hamas agents.

By Elior Levy

 

The IDF surrounded a house in the Hebron area on Sunday night apparently in connection to the search for three abducted Israeli teens. The move reportedly led to the arrest of two Hamas activists.

IDF soldiers surround a building in Hebron. (Photo: IDF Spokeperson's Unit)

IDF soldiers surround a building in Hebron. – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

Palestinian sources told Ynet that a loud explosion rocked the area, most likely caused by soldiers destroying the door to the structure. The sources also reported casualties among the residents. Continue Reading »

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| June 15, 2014
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Kerry looks at Hamas as kidnappers of 3 Jewish teens in Israel

U.S. secretary of state recommends full cooperation between Palestinian security forces and Israeli to return teens.

Worldwide condemnations made for kidnapping.

 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry condemned Sunday the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, adding that “many indications point to Hamas’ involvement.”

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Lebanon. June 4th, 2014. – Photo: AP

In a statement to the press, Kerry called for the immediate release of the three victims, who went missing Thursday from the Gush Etzion cluster of settlements, and stated that the United States is still “seeking details on the parties responsible.”

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| June 15, 2014
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President Abbas’ wife chooses to be hospitalized in private hospital in Israel

 

Amina Abbas, the Palestinian first lady,  underwent surgery in the neuro-surgical / orthopedic department of a private hospital in Tel Aviv, where her room was under guard.

By i24news

 

 

As tensions between Israel and the Palestinian Authority escalated over the weekend after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Mahmoud Abbas is accountable for the fate of three Israeli teens kidnapped in the West Bank, Amina Abbas, the wife of the Palestinian President, underwent surgery in Israel last Friday, Israeli website Ynet revealed Sunday. Amina was treated in the private hospital Asuta, in Tel Aviv.

Amina Abbas ( AFP )

Amina Abbas – Photo: AFP

According to Ynet, Amina was hospitalized Thursday in a private room at the neuro-surgical / orthopedic department. Continue Reading »

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| June 15, 2014
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IDF: Reserves Soldiers Inducted as Iron Dome Deploys in South

 

The IDF moves up a notch to rescue the 3 kidnapped young Israelis in West Bank by calling up reserves and preparing anti-rocket batteries in southern Israel. 

 

The IDF has called up a limited number of reserves as the military operation to rescue three kidnapped Israelis in the West Bank continues to grow. The call up is small in scope at this stage.
Iron Dome

Iron Dome – Photo: IDF Spokesperson

Also on Sunday, the air force deployed a number of Iron Dome anti-rocket batteries in southern Israel.

The IDF arrested 80 Hamas members – including members of the Palestinian Legislative Council – in a massive wave of raids throughout the West Bank early on Sunday, as part of Israel’s response to the kidnapping of three Israeli youths on Thursday. Continue Reading »

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| June 15, 2014
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Special Security Update: IDF preparing for siege of Hebron to #BringBackOurBoys

 

IDF soldiers unload concrete barricades and spread out bulldozers in preparation to impose total closure on one of the Palestinians largest cities.

By Yoav Zitun & Elior Levy

 

The IDF is making preparations for the siege of Hebron, as part of a massive manhunt led following the kidnapping of three Israeli teens who disappeared while hitchhiking in the West Bank on Thursday night.

IDF forces setting up concrete barricades at entrance to Hebron

IDF forces setting up concrete barricades at entrance to Hebron

IDF forces have loaded concrete barricades on trucks and spread out bulldozers in the city. In addition, Palestinian sources reported Sunday that all the main entrances to the city were blocked by the IDF with concrete blocks. Continue Reading »

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| June 15, 2014
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Sick Disgusting Fatah Cartoon Mocking Kidnapped Jewish Teens as ‘Rats’

Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas’s official Fatah Facebook page posts cartoon portraying abducted Jewish students as rats.

By Ari Soffer

 

The official Facebook page Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party has posted a cartoon comparing the three kidnapped Israeli students to rats.

The post on the “Palestinian National Liberation Movement “Fatah” / Central Page” shows three rats with Stars of David dangling from a fishing rod; its implications are unmistakable.

The sickening cartoon illustrates the mixed messages sent by the PA; on the one hand, Abbas promised to help Israel find the abducted teens – even as a senior PA official denied his administration would take any responsibility for the kidnappings. Continue Reading »

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| June 14, 2014
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IAF retaliatory attack targets Gaza after terrorists’ rocket lands in Israel

After terrorists’ rocket landed in southern Israel early Saturday, IAF retaliates with 2 air strikes in southern Gaza.

Gaza rocket reportedly caused no damages or injuries.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Israeli Air Force attacked 2 targets in the Gaza strip Saturday after a rocket was launched into Israel earlier Saturday morning.
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The IAF attack targeted terrorists in the southern Gaza strip.
A rocket landed in Israel, apparently unrelated to the case of the 3 missing yeshiva students, around 5 a.m Saturday after a code red siren alerted in western Negev communities.

 

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Islamic Jihad underground rocket launcher Photo: screenshot

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| June 14, 2014
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IDF’s working assumption is the 3 students, who are feared kidnapped, are alive

 

Defense Ministry deployed 2,000 IDF Paratroopers & Kfir soldiers who could quarantine area where the three missing teens disappeared.

By Yoav Zitun

 

The names of the three missing teenagers were cleared for publication on Saturday afternoon. The teens are Eyal Yifrah, 19, from Elad, Gil-Ad Sha’ar, 16 from Talmon and Naftali Frenkel, 16, from Nof Ayalon.

Left to right: Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel and Gil-Ad Shayer

Left to right: Eyal Yifrah, Naftali Frenkel and Gil-Ad Shayer

Earlier, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said the working assumption was that the three students, who are feared kidnapped, are alive.

In the first public statement the defense minister gave since the three teens disappeared, he said: “As long as we don’t know differently, our working assumption is that they are alive.” Continue Reading »

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