LA Jewish Leaders Extend ‘Condolences, Solidarity’ With Families Of Slain Israeli Teens

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — Southland Jewish leaders condemned the murder of three Israeli teens found dead Monday after they were kidnapped by Hamas members nearly three weeks ago.
In a statement, officials with the Simon Wiesenthal Center expressed its “condolences and total solidarity” with the families of Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel whose bodies were recovered after they disappeared while hitchhiking home near the West Bank city of Hebron late at night on June 12.
Dean Rabbi Marvin Hier and associate dean Abraham Cooper issued the statements after Israel announced late Monday that it had found the bodies of the teens near Hebron, a Palestinian city located about 19 miles south of Jerusalem, culminating a frantic two-week search.
The statement read: “This is not a time for ambiguity, but for decisive action. Those are our children who were murdered by Hamas. But make no mistake – the leadership of that terrorist organization is already planning the next attack against women and children.”
They also called on the White House to take a stand against acts of terror against all Israelis and called on President Obama to send “an unmistakable message to President Abbas: Are you the leader of a government that seeks peace or the leader who accepts murderers of children as part of his government?”

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