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Massive IDF hunt for 3 kidnapped Israeli teens
Rolene Marks: “Once again Israelis feel the icy grip of worry and fear on our hearts as we are all too familiar with this scenario. It brings back painful memories of Nachshon Wachsman and the tragic outcome of his attempted rescue. Across solemn Shabbat tables in Israel this weekend, we kept Eyal, Gilad and Naphtali in our prayers and thoughts. Children are being hugged a little tighter, watched a little closer.”
ROLENE MARKS
Regular SAJR correspondent Rolene Marks shares the anguish of Israelis on the ground
Bring Back our Boys!
Gilad Shaar (16) Naftali Frenkel (16) Eyal Yifrach (19), are just like every other Israeli teenager. They are concerned about school, play sports and have the same issues. Except that Gilad, Naftali and Eyal are not like every other Israeli teen.
Once again Israelis feel the icy grip of worry and fear on our hearts as we are all too familiar with this scenario. It brings back painful memories of Nachshon Wachsman and the tragic outcome of his attempted rescue. Across solemn Shabbat tables in Israel this weekend, we kept Eyal, Gilad and Naphtali in our prayers and thoughts. Children are being hugged a little tighter, watched a little closer.
The IDF and security forces are conducting a massive manhunt.
Hamas and the Palestinian Authority formed a unity government in the hopes of ending internecine fighting. Hamas celebrated this deal by calling for continued “armed resistance and the kidnapping of Israeli civilians.” If anyone guessed for half a second that Israel would EVER have any kind of negotiating partner with this Unity Government, think again. After the arrest of several high ranking Hamas member, it is official. Hamas are responsible for the kidnapping of Eyal, Gilad and Naftali.
This is the same Hamas who use their civilians as human shields, build tunnels to smuggle in weapons of destruction and who send their children to summer camps to feed them a continuous education of Jew hatred.
It remains to be seen how the international media will cover this event – one major network referred to them as “three men”.
Men? Two 16 year old boys, not legal to vote and a 19 year old?
Eyal. Gilad. Naftali. They are our children. Our collective heart aches for them and their families.
Eyal. Gilad. Naftali, please keep them in your thoughts and pray for their safe return.
What you can do:
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Gary Selikow
June 15, 2014 at 12:07 pm
‘All BDS supporters bear responsibility for this’
janet jacoby
June 16, 2014 at 8:45 am
‘Sorry that conditions are so dire that innocents become victims.Perhaps Israel should examine its
Gaza Gulag policies,a crime against humanity.’
adam levy
June 19, 2014 at 8:22 am
‘The hypcrisy is staggering. wish the emotional outpouring would not racially differentiate between jews and non-jews. Palestinian parents equally feel the pain of their children in Israeli detention; children equally feel the pain of their parents in detention without trial; family are broken up. our humanity should be all encompassing and not racist. is that too much to ask?
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June 20, 2014 at 6:06 am
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Is it not the general consensus in S.Africa, and world-wide Jewry that ant-Israel, and anti-Semitism are synonomous?
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adam levy
June 26, 2014 at 9:27 am
‘Editor – please show me one instance where my posts have been anti-semitic. if anti-zionism stands for equal rights and benefits for all, a full democracy of all its citizens, a secular state then i fit the bill. all i am doing is inserting a jewish humanism into many of these racist and parochial postings. for that you should be thanking me.
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