August 14, 2016
1:06 pm

Children rescued from Nazi concentration camps in Europe arrive at the Atlit detention camp near Haifa in 1945. (GPO)

Ashkenazi babies, children of Holocaust survivors, also ‘disappeared’ by Israel

New investigation into newborns abducted from Yemenite families reveals practice may have gone beyond Middle Eastern Jewish communities

By Raoul Wootliff

July 31, 2016
12:55 am

Yemenite immigrants in a camp near Ein Shemer in 1950 (Pinn Hans/GPO)

Hanegbi says hundreds of Yemenite children were kidnapped in 1950s

Minister overseeing probe into classified documents linked to controversial affair says public may never know the full truth

By Times of Israel staff

July 9, 2016
2:06 pm

National Library posts state report on Yemenite children online

Publicly available sections of commission’s findings can now be accessed by anyone, though protocols currently remain classified

By Times of Israel staff

June 21, 2016
7:22 pm

A conference on the Yemenite Children Affair in the Knesset on June 21, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Wounds over missing Yemenite children open, MKs renew push for truth

Families demand government declassify documents sealed until 2071 on dark affair involving alleged kidnappings; Netanyahu baffled on why they were sealed in first place

By Marissa Newman

November 23, 2015
4:07 am

Jewish medical student Peter Gold shot while stopping attempted abduction (Youtube screenshot)

US Jewish med student shot while stopping abduction

Peter Gold intervenes after seeing woman pushed into car against her will in New Orleans

By JTA

December 4, 2014
6:40 pm

Security camera footage showing a stabbing attack at a Rami Levy supermarket on December 3. 2014. (Screen capture: YouTube)

Dramatic footage shows supermarket stabbing attack

Assailant seen in wine aisle of Rami Levy store before attacking victims and trying to flee; cousin of East Jerusalem teen killed by Jewish extremists was among first to help wounded

By Avi Lewis and Marissa Newman

November 2, 2014
3:20 am

Nigeria's Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in a video from May 12, 2014 (Photo credit: AP Photo/File)

Nigerian terrorist says kidnapped girls married

‘If you knew the state your daughters are in today, it might lead some of you … to die from grief,’ Boko Haram leader says

By Haruna Umar and MICHELLE FAUL

September 4, 2014
4:57 pm

Fighters from Islamic State seen marching in their stronghold of Raqqa, Syria, June 2014. (AP/Militant Website, File)

Senior Islamic State commander said killed in Mosul

Abu Hajar al-Suri, the group’s number 2, reported dead for second time; jihadists abduct 50 in northern Iraq

By AFP and Times of Israel staff

August 12, 2014
4:40 am

The home of Muhammad Abu Khdeir in Shuafat, Jerusalem, July 8, 2014 (Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)

Abu Khdeir murder suspect gives chilling account of killing

‘We said — they took three of ours, let’s take one of theirs,’ Ben-David recounts to police in his testimony

By Itamar Sharon

August 6, 2014
4:35 pm

Police escort Yosef Haim Ben-David, one of the Jewish suspects of the murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, in the Disctrict Court in Jerusalem, Wednesday, August 6, 2014 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Suspect in Abu Khdeir killing ordered kept in custody

Bereaved father of Arab teen calls alleged killers ‘Nazis’ and ‘dogs,’ urges government to demolish their houses

By Yifa Yaakov

July 27, 2014
3:06 pm

Police escort Yosef Haim Ben-David, one of the Jewish suspects of the murder of Muhammed Abu Khdeir, in the Disctrict Court in Jerusalem (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Suspect in Abu Khdeir killing says he’s ‘the messiah’

Yosef Haim Ben-David, 29, is expected to plead insanity in alleged revenge murder; lawyer says he is in severe mental distress

By Lazar Berman

July 20, 2014
10:31 pm

16-year-old Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a Palestinian teenager whose burned body was found Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in the Jerusalem Forest (photo credit: AFP via family handout)

Adult suspect in Abu Khdeir murder named

Jerusalem District Court says Yosef Haim Ben-David, 29, is prime suspect in killing of East Jerusalem teen

By Aron Dónzis

June 30, 2014
10:50 pm

The burnt Hyundai believed used by the kidnappers and killers of three Israeli teenagers is taken away near Hebron, Friday, June 13, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

What happened on the night of the kidnapping

The teenagers were shot dead in the backseat of the car within minutes of the abduction; the killers believed, erroneously, that the security forces were on their trail

By David Horovitz and Mitch Ginsburg

June 15, 2014
8:45 am

Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman in May. (photo credit: Flash90)

No more prisoner swaps, Liberman vows after kidnapping

Foreign minister says deals like Shalit exchange could lead to more abductions, blames Abbas for kidnapping of Israeli teens

By Times of Israel staff

June 14, 2014
11:59 pm

Israeli soldiers transport a burnt car which may have been connected to the disappearance of three teenagers near the West Bank city of Hebron, Friday, June 13, 2014 (photo credit: AP/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

Police received call about kidnappings, didn’t act for hours

Abductors may have had a head start of 7 hours until full picture of what had happened to 3 Israeli teens became clear to authorities

By Times of Israel staff

Topic: abductions

Ashkenazi babies, children of Holocaust survivors, also ‘disappeared’ by Israel

New investigation into newborns abducted from Yemenite families reveals practice may have gone beyond Middle Eastern Jewish communities

Hanegbi says hundreds of Yemenite children were kidnapped in 1950s

Minister overseeing probe into classified documents linked to controversial affair says public may never know the full truth

National Library posts state report on Yemenite children online

Publicly available sections of commission’s findings can now be accessed by anyone, though protocols currently remain classified

Wounds over missing Yemenite children open, MKs renew push for truth

Families demand government declassify documents sealed until 2071 on dark affair involving alleged kidnappings; Netanyahu baffled on why they were sealed in first place

US Jewish med student shot while stopping abduction

Peter Gold intervenes after seeing woman pushed into car against her will in New Orleans

Dramatic footage shows supermarket stabbing attack

Assailant seen in wine aisle of Rami Levy store before attacking victims and trying to flee; cousin of East Jerusalem teen killed by Jewish extremists was among first to help wounded

Nigerian terrorist says kidnapped girls married

‘If you knew the state your daughters are in today, it might lead some of you … to die from grief,’ Boko Haram leader says

Senior Islamic State commander said killed in Mosul

Abu Hajar al-Suri, the group’s number 2, reported dead for second time; jihadists abduct 50 in northern Iraq

Abu Khdeir murder suspect gives chilling account of killing

‘We said — they took three of ours, let’s take one of theirs,’ Ben-David recounts to police in his testimony

Suspect in Abu Khdeir killing ordered kept in custody

Bereaved father of Arab teen calls alleged killers ‘Nazis’ and ‘dogs,’ urges government to demolish their houses

Suspect in Abu Khdeir killing says he’s ‘the messiah’

Yosef Haim Ben-David, 29, is expected to plead insanity in alleged revenge murder; lawyer says he is in severe mental distress

Adult suspect in Abu Khdeir murder named

Jerusalem District Court says Yosef Haim Ben-David, 29, is prime suspect in killing of East Jerusalem teen

What happened on the night of the kidnapping

The teenagers were shot dead in the backseat of the car within minutes of the abduction; the killers believed, erroneously, that the security forces were on their trail

No more prisoner swaps, Liberman vows after kidnapping

Foreign minister says deals like Shalit exchange could lead to more abductions, blames Abbas for kidnapping of Israeli teens

Police received call about kidnappings, didn’t act for hours

Abductors may have had a head start of 7 hours until full picture of what had happened to 3 Israeli teens became clear to authorities

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