This is the Forward’s coverage of the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel and a focus of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Opinion I’m Making Aliyah Days After Israelis’ Kidnapping
The three kidnapped Israelis / Twitter The kidnapping of three Israeli teens from the Gush Etzion area is especially poignant for us now as it (and please God, their safe return) is the lead story in the weeks leading up to my family’s aliyah in 12 days. My obsession over the past six months —…
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Fast Forward Over 25,000 Gather at Western Wall To Pray for Kidnapped Teens
Thousands gathered at the Western Wall to pray for the safe return of three teens kidnapped in the West Bank. More than 25,000 people attended the Sunday evening service led by Chief Rabbi David Lau. Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef also was at the service, as were members of the Chief Rabbinate council and Knesset members….
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Seeking Kidnapped Teens Blast into Hebron Home
Israeli troops scouring a West Bank city for three Israeli teenagers who are believed to have been abducted by Palestinian militants blew down the door of a home with explosives on Sunday after residents did not admit them, Palestinian witnesses said. They said there were no casualties in the incident in Hebron, in which gunfire…
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Fast Forward Parents of Kidnapped U.S-Israeli Teen: ‘Israel Will Bring You Back’
The parents of Naftali Frenkel, one of three teens kidnapped last week, assured their son that “Israel will bring you back.” “Naftali, Mom and Dad and your siblings love you to no end. Know that Israel is turning the world upside down to bring you home,” Rachel Frenkel said in a message to her son…
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Opinion Why Israel’s #BringBackOurBoys Is Offensive
Natan Sharansky holds up a #BringBackOurBoys sign on behalf of the Jewish Agency / Twitter What’s in a hashtag? Soon after news broke about the three kidnapped Israeli teens who went missing in the West Bank on Thursday night, Israel supporters began using #BringBackOurBoys to signal their desire to see the students safely returned to…
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Fast Forward Israel Accuses Hamas of Kidnapping 3 Teens
Israel said on Sunday that Hamas militants had abducted three Israeli teenagers in the occupied West Bank, warning of “serious consequences” as it pressed on with a search and detained dozens of Palestinians. The two 16-year-olds and a third man aged 19, seminary students in a Jewish settlement bloc, disappeared on Thursday. “These teenagers were…
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News Benjamin Netanyahu Blames Terrorists for Kidnapping 3 West Bank Teens
(Reuters) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed terrorists for kidnapping three Israeli teenagers on the West Bank Saturday — and called the crime the result of the recent Palestinian unity agreement. “Our boys were kidnapped by a terrorist organization,” Netanyahu said in a terse televised statement. The premier said the unity deal between Fatah…
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Opinion Kidnapped Students Could’ve Been Us
Phil Getz, center, relaxes with fellow yeshiva students in Gush Etzion several years ago Like many students and graduates of Israeli yeshiva, I have been refreshing my computer browser non-stop since Friday morning looking for any sign of hope for the three Israeli teenage boys who were kidnapped on Thursday evening. For those of us…
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