By Daniel Sokatch NEW YORK — I know you are worried about what’s going on in Israel. I am too. Israel buried three teenagers who were kidnapped and murdered. It was a devastating act perpetuated by extremists determined to shed innocent blood and to provoke further conflict. Even while the funeral was going on Tuesday,
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 30, the Embassy of Israel announced: “With great sadness we must announce the bodies of Eyal, Gilad and Naftali have been found near Hebron. Our thoughts are with their families.” Their tragic end wasn’t inevitable, but almost so. Hamas kidnapped three Israeli teenagers returning from school to
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Police found the body of 17-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir early on Wednesday, July 2, in what appears to be revenge kidnapping and murder carried out by right-wing Israeli extremists, according to media reports. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ office issued a statement, saying: “Israel bears full responsibility for this incident.
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Middle EastBy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel (Press Release) — My instinctive reaction to Monday’s tragic news about the three slain teenagers was to not write a positive news blog this week. But why let the terrorists win? Dry Bones’ cartoon included the line “… we find joy in remembering their lives …” and Israelis’ love for
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — In fast moving developments since the burial of three Israeli teens abducted by terrorists, police released a cell phone recording of their murder; rabbis in Gush Etzion pleaded in Arabic to the Muslim community to stop incitement against Jews; and the IDF released the statistics of arrests and financial
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Middle EastBy J Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — There were 39 English men, diplomats, army officers and Middle East experts, — and one English woman — sitting in Cairo in March 1921. They had been convened by Winston Churchill who had taken over the colonial office not long before. The former Turkish Provinces of Mossul,
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Middle EastHamas official vows more kidnappings of Israelis (JNS.org) Hamas official Mushir al-Masri warned against Israeli retaliation for the murder of the three Jewish teens, saying that the Gaza-based terrorist group and partner with Fatah in the Palestinian unity government possesses rockets and missiles capable of reaching Tel Aviv. Masri also vowed that Hamas would abduct
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — For the past three weeks, life in Israel seemed to have hit a pause. A heavy cloud descended on the nation as a rain of prayers poured forth from a people united in hope and some, in foreboding. From the moment that the report came out that three teenage Israeli
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Middle EastMODI’IN, Israel (Press Release) — President Shimon Peres on Tuesday, July 1, delivered a eulogy for the three kidnapped and slain Israeli teenagers. Following is the text of his comments as provided by his office: Dear Yifrach Family, Frankel Family and Shaar Family, Prime Minister, Ministers, Rabbis, Knesset Members, Officers and soldiers of the IDF,
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Middle EastU.S. Reps.: Palestinian government should be dissolved after murder of teens (JNS.org) U.S. leaders condemned the murders of the three Israeli teens, one of whom was an American citizen, while Congressional leaders called on the Palestinian unity government to be dissolved. “The news of the murder of these three Israeli teenagers—Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar, and
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the France, Spain and Italy for issuing ‘warnings’ to their businesses not to conduct commerce with Jews living in Judea/Samaria, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. In recent days, Spain and Italy published advisories, warning their citizens against doing business with ‘settlements,’ just days
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NEW YORK (WJC)– In reaction to the discovery of the bodies of the three Israeli teenagers abducted and murdered by terrorists on Monday, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) is mobilizing Jewish communities around the world in support of the victims’ families and the people of Israel. “This horrendous crime has sent shock waves throughout the
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International, Middle East
By Anav Siverman and Aryeh Savir MODI’IN, Israel (TNA) — The families of the three murdered Israeli teens conducted separate services and eulogies before laying their children side-by-side in a joint funeral in the Modi’in cemetery on Tuesday, July 1. Thousands gathered together in the home communities of Gil-ad Sha’ar (16), Naftali Frenkel (16)
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Middle East
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA –Jews throughout the United States will hold memorial services this week to mourn the murders of the three Israeli teenagers. There will be tears, there will be prayers, there will be words of consolation. And then the mourning needs to be followed by action — political action. The
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