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- Take Action to Force the Palestinian Authority to Help Return the 3 Kidnapped Israeli Students. This petition will be delivered to:U.S. Department of State, U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Senate:U.S. Government: Take Action to Force the Palestinian Authority to Help Return the 3 Kidnapped Israeli Students http://www.change.org/petitions/u-s-department-of-state-u-s-government-take-action-to-force-the-palestinian-authority-to-help-return-the-3-kidnapped-israeli-students?recruiter=110643665&utm_campaign=signature_receipt&utm_medium=email&utm_source=share_petition We petition the U.S. Congress and State Department to withold aid from the PA -- from whatever channels it may flow through -- and to do all in their power to compel the PA to ensure the safe return of the students from its territory. (There are similar petitions out there like the one I just got from American Friends of Ateret Cohanim with not much substance Like this one https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/demand-release-16-year-old-american-student-naftali-frenkel-kidnappers-palestinian-terrorists/Qy2N4R2H Compare this wording to the wording in the above petition. )On Thursday, June 12, 2014, three Students attempting to hitchhike home from from school were kidnapped by Palestinian terrorists. It is the responsibility of the United States Government to ensure the safe and timely return of it's citizen and son, Naftali Frenkel, aged 16. We demand that President Barack Obama and his administration use all means necessary to assist the Israeli Government in their efforts to locate these captive children in line with their strict stance of "No Boy will be left behind".
- In Hebrew: Kill a terrorist every hour until the abducted kids are returned. A Hebrew Facebook page that has around 15,000 likes at this time gaining momentum very quickly. https://www.facebook.com/lehaselmehabel
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In The Palestinian News about the abducted kids:
- PMW Bulletins http://palwatch.org/home.aspx
- PA supports "kidnap-for-hostage" strategy http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=11704
- The PA and Fatah celebrate kidnapping of three Israeli youths http://palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=157&doc_id=11706
- Sick: Fatah Posts Cartoon Mocking Kidnapped Teens as 'Rats' http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/181726#.U53HLvldXOg
Around the World: Kidnapped Israeli Teens: The Worst Coverage The Guardian, CNN, Sky News, Christian Science Monitor
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Watch: Mother of Kidnapped Teen Naftali Frenkel Speaks Out 'They were just boys on their way home from school,' Racheli Frenkel states, tearfully, to reporters.
Did Leftists Try to Divert Army's Attention from Kidnappers? Residents of a Hevron-area town suspect that leftists tried to help kidnappers of Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Frenkel. ... both Hamas and Fatah called on activists and local Palestinian Arabs in Judea and Samaria to work to disrupt the IDF's search as much as possible.
The Israeli Gov't is doing a tremendous amount. Is it strong enough? Here are my suggestions and please read till end: We don't want another Nachshon Wachsman ending http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/06/rekidnapped-boys-facebook-page-launched.html
My concerns: Knowing the evil nature of the enemy, Is the mother overly trusting, overly optimistic and naive, counting on the IDF and gov't officials who are bound to a certain degree to political pressures, to deal with this evil. Not that I blame her, chas veshalom. It is easy to give the impression of being macho but in reality it's just rhetoric. From the count of likes of the Hebrew petition above , it seems many like myself feel that only a no nonsense approach is the way to deal with the likes of Fatah and Hamas. Even if the IDF closes in on the terrorists what is preventing them from shooting the boys chas veshalom if and when the IDF zeroes in on them like they did to Nachshon Wachsman hy"d? Netanyahu needs to show the terrorists very clearly that we mean business so they get it and won't lift a finger on them. Rounding up 80 terrorists is not going to convince them not to murder the boys I'm afraid especially when the terrorists get salaries and released in the past.
Here is an opinion piece by Shalom Pollack of Honenu an organization that defends Settler Youth from often bogus charges of "price tag" vandalism and unwarranted arrests by the civil Police. A bit cynical about the Police. http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/06/fwd-three-boys-abducted-nation-rresponds.html.
Here is another report critical of the Police's response time to missing person's reports. Yekutiel ben Yaakov : Israeli Dog Unit. Maginei Eretz LMaan Hazulat Extreme delay in police response to missing people reports http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/06/yekutiel-ben-yaakov-israeli-dog-unit.html
Here is another report critical of the Police's response time to missing person's reports. Yekutiel ben Yaakov : Israeli Dog Unit. Maginei Eretz LMaan Hazulat Extreme delay in police response to missing people reports http://shemittahrediscovered.blogspot.com/2014/06/yekutiel-ben-yaakov-israeli-dog-unit.html
We can expect Netanyahu and his government to be subjected to extreme international pressures to raise the rhetoric and to talk tough but not to act in a way that the PA and Hamas know we mean business. That White House petition above is a perfect example.
Right now Kerry is saying the proper things. Kerry Says Hamas Apparently Behind Kidnapping 'Many indications point to Hamas' involvement' in the 'despicable terrorist act,' says US Secretary of State.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/181750#.U53kSvldXOg. Will Kerry apologize for
The U.S. embrace of the Palestinian unity government and act on it. Highly unlikely unless forced to. That is my educated guess.
Arlene Kushner writes. "Unless I am missing something, there has been no condemnation of the kidnapping by Obama. Which is fairly incredible.
"Canada has firmly condemned last week's Palestinian Authority terrorist kidnapping of three teenage boys but U.S. President Barack Obama has yet to say a word about the attack — even though one of the hostages is an American citizen."
It makes me wonder. Was the following just another set up of "price tag" libel against the settler youth?
Youths held after angry protesters throw stones at Arab cars near Beitar Illit in protest of terrorist abduction of Israeli teens. Attorney David Halevi, who is representing the youths on behalf of the Honenu legal rights organization, told the court that police had a very weak case, as they were unable to positively identify the youths as the culprits. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/181741#.U53XdfldXOg
On the other hand....
An Abducted Youth Called Police and Said: 'We've Been Abducted!'
Explosive revelation: One of the youths abducted Thursday night called the police hotline, but police did not take him seriously.
...News surfaced Saturday night that there was a significant time lapse between when parents reported the kidnapping to the police and the notification of security sources and the IDF over the issue. As of Saturday, initial reports indicated a lapse of a few short hours, but some reports Sunday allege that the gap may have been as much as eight hours.
The Israeli police has finally responded to these reports Sunday afternoon. Senior police officers told Walla! News that "you cannot overlook" the mishandling of the report and that an internal committee has been set up to handle the issue.
Despite this, the police have refused to accept criticism launched at them over the mishap, claiming that every day are dozens of reports of attempted abductions, and in the end they turn out to be false reports.
"We check every report, but you can not call the IDF over every report we get," said a police official. "Still, this case turned out to be a red flag, so there will be a thorough investigation into the matter."
Sincerely,
Robin Ticker
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