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Fast Forward Israeli Police Officers Demoted Over Mishandling of Kidnapping Phone Call
Several senior police officers were demoted for “severe failure of conduct” in their handling of the phone call from one of three kidnapped Israeli teenagers. A committee investigating the call found that the police officers at the Judea and Samaria Police emergency call center considered the call a prank and did not follow up by…
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Opinion Spooks Warn Pols: Don’t Strike Hamas Over Kidnap
Israeli troops search for evidence at site where the bodies of 3 kidnapped youths were found near village of Halhoul. / Getty Images Israel’s security cabinet was due to convene at 9:30 pm (2:30 New York time) to discuss Israeli responses to the murder of the three teenagers whose bodies were found just before 6…
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Fast Forward More Than a Dozen Rockets From Gaza Strike Israel, Damaging Homes
More than a dozen rockets fired from Gaza struck Israel in one morning, damaging homes and farmland. The rockets, some reports say 16, were fired Monday morning. Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attacks. It is the first time in two years, since the end of Israel’s Operation Pillar…
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Fast Forward Parents of Kidnapped Teens Visit Site of Abduction
The parents of the three kidnapped Israeli teens visited the West Bank junction from where their sons were abducted. Sunday’s visit to Gush Etzion, located south of Jerusalem, came hours before a Tel Aviv rally calling for the teens’ release attended by tens of thousands. At the junction, the parents of Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar…
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Fast Forward Israel Drops Anti-Hamas Lollipops on West Bank — Just in Time for Ramadan
In two of the West Bank’s major cities, Palestinians woke up Sunday morning to a strange surprise: hundreds of lollipops filled the streets, courtesy of the Israeli army. The lollipops, distributed throughout Nablus and Ramallah, contained notes saying, “Ramadan Kareem. Here are some sweets because Hamas is making life bitter in the West Bank.” An…
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Fast Forward Israel Names Hamas Suspects in Kidnapping of Jewish Teens
Israel on Thursday named two Hamas Islamists as leading suspects in the June 12 kidnappings of three Israeli teenagers, in the most concrete report yet of results after weeks of searches in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed reports that troops were seeking Marwan Kawasme and Amar Abu Aysha, militants in their…
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Fast Forward Obama Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ Over Three Missing Israeli Teenagers
President Obama expressed “deep concern” about three missing Israeli teenagers during a meeting with Israeli President Shimon Peres and American Jewish leaders. “They expressed their deep concern and reiterated our support for efforts to find the teens,” National Security Council spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said of her boss, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, and Obama after…
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Fast Forward Mike Huckabee Visits SodaStream Factory and Meets With Kidnapped Teens’ Parents
Former U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called on President Obama to halt dialogue with Hamas, which is believed to be responsible for the abduction of three Israeli teens. Huckabee, the ex-Republican governor of Arkansas, arrived in Israel on Sunday for a weeklong visit to focus attention on the kidnappings. He has visited Israel more than…
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