Israel Still Swears Hamas Kidnapped Those Teens

[oberliner]

Excerpt:

The twittersphere exploded with I-told-you-so’s from pro-Palestinian activists, who claimed Israel had manipulated events surrounding the killing of the teens to prepare for and justify its assault on Gaza, which has since killed more than 1,000 Palestinians.

But when reached by The Daily Beast on Sunday, Rosenfeld said that he had told Donnison what the Israeli government had been saying all along. “The kidnapping and murder of the teens was carried out by Hamas terrorists from the Hebron area,” he told The Daily Beast. “The security organizations are continuing to search for the murderers.”

Donnison on Saturday said he stood by his earlier tweets.

While Hamas has encouraged kidnappings in the past and praised the kidnapping of Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach, and Gilad Shaar, their leaders have also denied any responsibility for it. But Israeli officials reached by The Daily Beast say they still are searching for Amer abu Aysha and Marwan Qawasmeh, the two suspects in the kidnappings and murders of the three boys last month. Israeli authorities still consider Abu Aysha and Qawasmeh to be Hamas terrorists, they said.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/07/27/israeli-official-at-heart-of-twit-fit-still-blames-hamas-for-june-kidnappings.html

[HooptieWagon]

1. Cheney still swears there were WMDs in Iraq.

Psychpathic right-wingers will keep repeating their lies.

[oberliner]

2. What is your view?

Who do you think kidnapped/killed those Israeli teenagers and why?

[HooptieWagon]

3. If Hamas kidnapped them...

... it would be for their value in a prisoner swap. Killing them eliminates that value. Unlikely then it was Hamas. Who then? I don't know. Hell, it may have just been a robbery gone bad.