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Israel announces identity of suspected kidnappers, still no evidence of abduction made public

 Marwan Quasma and Amar Abu Eisha (Photo: Jerusalem Post)
Marwan Quasma and Amar Abu Eisha (Photo: Jerusalem Post)

The Shin Bet has identified Marwan Quasma, 29, and Amar Abu Eisha, 32 as suspected kidnappers, reportedly responsible for abducting 3 Jewish teenagers in the West Bank on June 12. 

Although thus far no evidence of the abduction has been published (the Israeli government imposed a gag order on journalists covering the event), The Jerusalem Post reported “both men became wanted as soon as security forces learned of the kidnapping.”

Both men are at large and the Shin Bet stated the ongoing “wide-scale search” taking place in cities and towns all across the West Bank is “aimed at capturing the wanted suspects.” Indeed, over 560 Palestinians have been arrested during the sweeps and 6 shot dead by Israeli forces. 

Reportedly both Quasma and Abu Eisha are residents of Hebron and members of Hamas. Both have been imprisoned multiple times by the Israeli military and both have been held as administrative detainees in the past. According to the Post , under questioning in the past Quasma “confessed” to obtaining raw materials for “the assembly of bombs”.

The Jerusalem Post, Shin Bet reveals identity of two main suspected kidnappers:

A senior security source told The Jerusalem Post that the Shin Bet confirmed the identity of the kidnappers within 24 hours of the kidnapping. He stressed the fact that both were in administrative detention in the past, a fact that he says shows that this measure is used against clear dangers to national security.

The additional suspects who have been arrested by security forces are part of the Hamas in Hebron infrastructure, and are suspected of playing a role in the kidnapping, the source said. 

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu related to the naming of the suspects, during a speech at a graduation ceremony for new pilots on Thursday, saying that now that the names were known, he expected Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas — whom he again praised for strongly condemning the kidnappings — to dissolve his pact with Hamas

Thus far there’s no sign of Gil-Ad Shaer,16, Naftali Fraenkel, 16, or Eyal Yifrah, 19. Hamas has denied allegations that their members were involved in the kidnapping, calling the claims “stupid.”

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Why would abbas dissolve the partnership? Netanyahu is really channelling his inner Jewish mother in law.

The kidnapping served to show nobody cares about Israel shooting and crying.

The agenda that most here were aware of, is made public– ‘justification’ for administrative detention and dissolution of the unity government.

Why have so many Palestinians been terrorized, kidnapped and killed in the hunt for the “known” alleged suspects in the alleged kidnapping of three Israeli teens?

The leaders of Hamas celebrated the kidnapping as an opportunity. Abbas condemned the kidnapping. There is a contradiction. In other words these two positions are difficult to reconcile. Abbas, if he is thinking of retiring, may be trying to usher in a new relationship between PLO and Hamas or at least rectify the mistake of the civil war of Fatah versus Hamas and therefore his goal is greater than differing positions on the kidnapping. But the two positions are quite different.

”saying that now that the names were known, he expected Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas — whom he again praised for strongly condemning the kidnappings — to dissolve his pact with Hamas. ”

Huh? Didn’t they say the names were ‘known’ from Day one? Didn’t they share this ‘information’ with the PA, given that they tasked the PA with finding their precious settlers?

Bibi’s attempt to cynically use this disappearance for political leverage is getting increasingly desperate. The little stunt with the mothers visiting the UN seems to have provoked – at most – a big yawn around the world. And while it’s true that Israel’s path of death and destruction across the WB has been ignored, as always, byt the Western media, so too has the ‘plight’ of the missing settlers. It’s almost as though – gasp! – the world is saying that Israelis are no more special than anyone else, and that its little antics are becoming ever more tiresome.

”Now Israel is discovering that it’s no longer the center of attention as it always was before, and that the fate of its kidnapping victims no longer stops the world in its tracks, not even in the United States. The world is sick of Israel and its insanities. Unfortunately, the world has also lost interest in what happens here. When Israel was a more just country, the world identified with its victims. It continued to do so even when Israel became less just. But now, when Israeli rejectionism is hitting new heights and its oppression of the Palestinians is returning to what it was during the very worst periods, the world has started getting tired of it all. Even the kidnapped Nigerian girls interest it more. ”

http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/.premium-1.601243?v=4D11ADD0ED2AC72D4F92594A16B9D7B9

They have known the wanted men for 2 weeks now… why did they wait to have their pictures released so the public could look for them?

I think the “kidnapers” were also kidnapped… so they can be scapegoats.