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| June 24, 2014
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal: ‘The kidnappers must be saluted’

 

Hamas leader Meshaal: ‘We have no knowledge of the kidnapping but we applaud the kidnappers’.

Vice chairman of Hamas political bureau, Haniyeh: ‘The 3rd intifada has already started’

By i24news

 

 
Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal addressed for the first time Monday the kidnapping of three Israeli teens 11 days ago, saying Hamas has no information regarding the kidnapping. Meshaal also said: “If, indeed, any Palestinian group is behind the kidnapping, those who did it must be saluted.”

Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal gives a press conference at the Journalist Syndicate building - Photo: AFP/Gianluigi Guercia

Hamas Leader Khaled Meshaal gives a press conference at the Journalist Syndicate building – Photo: AFP/Gianluigi Guercia

In an interview with Al-Jazeera Meshaal, who lives in Qatar, said he “congratulates whomever kidnapped them [the teens] because the Palestinian prisoners should be released.” Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2014
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Mike Huckabee: United States must help Israel bring back abducted teens

During his speech at the Knesset in Jerusalem, the ex-governor declares the kidnapping as “nothing less than an act of rabid anti-Semitic hatred.”

 

The United States must declare that the kidnapping of three teenagers in Gush Etzion will not be tolerated and work to bring them home, Former Arkansas Governor and TV and radio personality Mike Huckabee said in the Knesset Monday.

Mike Huckabee at Knesset

Mike Huckabee at Knesset – YouTube Arutz Sheva TV screenshot

The kidnapping is “nothing less than an act of anti-Semitic, rabid hatred,” he declared.

In light of the fact that one of the boys, Naftali Fraenkel, is a US citizen, Huckabee said the US “must speak out boldly and clearly and say this is unacceptable. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2014
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Against Israel’s wishes, parents of missing teens’ to address UN Human Rights Council

 

Mother of Naftali Frenkel, Rachel Frenkel, will address the UN HRC tomorrow, pleading with the int’l NGO to do all it can to find the 3 kidnapped boys & bring them home safely.

By Itamar Eichner

 

Rachel Frenkel, mother of abducted teen Naftali Frenkel, has flown to Geneva to appear before the UN Human Rights Council, Ynet learned. Tomorrow, she will be joined by the families of the two other teens, Gil-Ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach, kidnapped by Hamas.

Rachel Frenkel, mother of Naftali Frenkel, one of the three kidnapped Israeli teens - Screenshot

Rachel Frenkel, mother of Naftali Frenkel, one of the three kidnapped Israeli teens – Screenshot

The initiative to send the families to the UN belongs to Israel’s Young Ambassadors, who are visiting Switzerland. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2014
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‘My Husband’s Murder Happened From Lack of Death Sentence’

The Palestinian terrorist was serving a life sentence for murder, but was freed in the Shalit deal. Had he been executed, he could not have been freed, and then could not have murdered again.

By Ido Ben Porat, Gil Ronen

 

Hadas Mizrahi, the widow of Col. Baruch Mizrahi, who was murdered in a terrorist ambush on Passover eve, intends to fight to have his murderer sentenced to death. The murderer was serving a sentence in an Israeli jail but was freed in 2011 as part of the Shalit deal. If he had been executed, she said, he could not have been freed and could not have murdered her husband. Continue Reading »

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| June 24, 2014
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Israel Police: Sufficient evidence exists to investigate MK Zoabi for incitement

Attorney-General to decide on whether or not to begin official investigation into Palestinian MK over her comments on kidnapping of 3 Jewish teens.

The Israel Police have told Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein that there is sufficient evidence to begin investigating MK Haneen Zoabi (Balad) for incitement after she said the kidnapping of three teens in the West Bank earlier this month was not terrorism, the Israel Police confirmed on Monday.

Haneen Zoabi

MK Haneen Zoabi. – Photo: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST

“I didn’t break any law, rather, I am fulfilling my moral, human and political obligation to fight against oppression and for justice,” Zoabi said in response, adding that there is no law preventing her from honestly expressing her opinion, even if it is controversial.

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| June 23, 2014
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Abbas commits to disbanding unity gov’t after given proof of Hamas’ kidnapping teens

 

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki says, “If it turns out that Hamas is behind the kidnapping, there will be grave consequences including disbanding the unity gov’t & putting the reconciliation deal on hold.”

By Daniel Siryoti

 

The Palestinian Authority is waiting for the “smoking gun” that Hamas was behind the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens so that President Mahmoud Abbas could officially announce the reconciliation deal void and disband the government, a senior official in Abbas’ office told Israel Hayom.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas – Photo: EPA

“In reality the reconciliation deal has not been implemented and the unity government does not function,” the official said.

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| June 22, 2014
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IDF Commander: We Are Indeed Our Brothers’ Keepers

 

IDF’s search for abducted Jewish teens intensifies “We all believe that we will find the kidnapped youths, and it is with this faith that we march day and night.”

By Ryan Jones

 

Operation Brother’s Keeper, the Israeli army’s massive search for three abducted Jewish teens, has intensified as it enters a new week, with IDF officials vowing they will leave no stone unturned.

IDF: We Are Our Brothers' Keepers

IDF searching for Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel – IDF Spokesperson

Col. Eliezer Toledano, the commander of the IDF’s Paratrooper Brigade, said that three full battalions are taking part in the search and rescue operation, and that every soldier is unwaveringly committed to the mission. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2014
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2 Videos: While searching for 3 kidnapped teens, elite IDF units keep finding weapons

Senior IDF source reports, “We found grenades, explosives & underground structures,” adding that “on the 1st floor, a family resides, & on the 3rd floor is a weapons production lab.”

 

 

A senior army source familiar with searches carried out in recent days by the elite Yahalom Combat Engineering unit told on Sunday of the arms found in West Bank searches.

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“We found grenades, which are as deadly as industrially produced grenades, homemade explosives, and weapons labs,” the source said.

“We were not surprised. We knew this existed in homes where families live. On the first floor, the family resides, and on the third floor is a weapons production lab,” he added. Continue Reading »

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| June 22, 2014
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IDF kills 2 Palestinians, wounds 11 & arrest 9 in nighttime hunt for 3 missing teens

 

While the search for the 3 abducted Jewish teens continues, 2 Palestinians killed, 11 wounded during violent clashes by residents of Ramallah & Nablus, as security forces arrest 9 Palestinians and raid 5 suspicious charity organizations.

By Yoav Zitun

 

Two Palestinians were killed overnight Saturday and 11 were wounded during clashes with the IDF in Ramallah and Nablus. In addition, IDF forces arrested nine Palestinians as the search for the three teens who went missing in Hebron continues.

IDF forces in the West Bank (Photo: AFP)

IDF forces in the West Bank – Photo: AFP

Since Gil-Ad Shaer, 16, from Talmon, Naftali Frenkel, 16, from Nof Ayalon, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, from Elad. Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2014
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Uncle of kidnapped youth: Military intel indicates the 3 boys are alive

Uncle of one of the 3 kidnapped Israeli teens speaks out.

IDF destroys Ramallah home of a suspected kidnapper

By i24news

 

The uncle of Naftali Frankel, one of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, said on Friday that his family had received “indications” from Israeli intelligence that the boys were still alive.

IDF soldiers in Hebron, 14.6.2014 – Photo: AFP

“In defense of the security system, it’s important to say that almost from the start of the incident, there have been representatives in each of the families’ homes 24/7,” Frankel said. “The immediate family of course know more than what’s going on in the media.” Continue Reading »

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| June 21, 2014
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Israel increases IDF troop presence, surrounding villages near Hebron

 

Increased military activity focused on specific area could be result of intel leading to location of kidnapped boys.

Defense Minister Ya’alon: Action to continue until, ‘we’ve exhausted them’.

CNN reporter roughed-up by PA Police.

By Yoav Zitun

 

 

IDF forces intensified operations in villages just north of Hebron Friday evening and announced the closure of the area to public traffic as large numbers of additional forces flooded the region arriving in parts throughout the day.

Additional troops were sent to area just north of Hebron. (Photo: EPA)

Additional troops were sent to area just north of Hebron. – Photo: EPA

The forces searched through homes, pits, and wells continuing work that began one week ago Friday as part of Operation Brother’s Keeper intended to find three Israeli teens that were kidnapped near Hebron, put political pressure on Hamas and bring the perpetrators of the crime to justice. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2014
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Amb. Dr. Alan Baker to UN: PA in Violation Of Int’l Treaties – Revoke Observer Status Over Abduction

Israel’s former Ambassador Dr. Alan Baker: The UN’s legitimization of the Palestinians violates the Oslo Accords according to every criteria set forth by the International Criminal Court.

By Tova Dvorin, Ido Ben-Porat

 

Former Israeli Ambassador to Canada Dr. Alan Baker, the head of the Legal Forum for Israel, has formally requested that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon revoke the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) observer status Friday, in light of their unity with Hamas.

“The tragic abduction and imprisonment of three young Israelis by a terrorist organization, attached to what you call the ‘State of Palestine’ and now considered a state observer at the UN, is a gross violation of humanitarian norms and conventions,” Baker wrote. Continue Reading »

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| June 20, 2014
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Arab’s Barbaric Abduction of Teens Explodes on Social Media

 

 

Arabs & Muslims worldwide celebrate the kidnapping of Jewish teens, while Israel & its supporters demand ‘Bring Back Our Boys’

By Israel Today Staff

 

While Israeli soldiers scour Judea and Samaria in search of three abducted Jewish teens, average Israelis and Palestinians have taken to social media with their contrasting views on the situation.

Israel Abduction Case Explodes on Social Media

Arab displays the ‘3 Shalits’ in an anti-Semitic cartoon

The Palestinian side has exploded in a celebratory campaign distinguished by a three-finger salute. Local Arabs of all ages have been posting photos of themselves and their children holding three fingers aloft to commemorate the kidnapping of three defenseless Jewish youths. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2014
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Israel’s PMO: Abbas’ sincerity will be ‘tested by his actions, not his words’

 

Israeli officials skeptical of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ speech condemning the kidnapping of 3 Israeli teens, believe it was result of U.S. pressure.

Hamas accuses Abbas of treasonous ideology.

By Daniel Siryoti, Shlomo Cesana & Edna Adato

 

In a surprising address at a summit of the Islamic Conference Organization in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned last Thursday’s kidnapping of three Israeli teens near Hebron.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (left) with Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud in Jeddah on Wednesday – Photo: AP

“The three [kidnapped] teens are human beings just like us and they need to be returned to their families,” Abbas said. Continue Reading »

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| June 19, 2014
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Facebook page: Until teens’ return, terrorist to be shot hourly

So far the identity of who established the page remains unknown, which was created the day after the abduction of the 3 Jewish teens.

By JTA

A Facebook page that calls on Israel to execute a Palestinian murderer every hour until three kidnapped Israeli teens are returned has garnered more than 19,000 likes.
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Facebook page calling on Israel to execute a Palestinian every hour. – Photo: FACEBOOK

There is no indication of who established the page, which was created on June 13, one day after the abduction of the three teens in the West Bank. But according to statistics provided by Facebook under People Talking About This, the most popular age group for those who liked the page is 18 to 24 and the most popular location is Jerusalem.

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