‘’When I was in prison, in full isolation, I felt strong because I knew that world Jewry was standing strong with me. I am certain that Eyal, Gilad, and Naftali are feeling the same powerful support of world Jewry today,’’ said Natan Sharansky.
Ch. 2: Officials probing the disappearance of three Jewish teens are operating under the working assumption that Palestinian militants kidnapped the youths in order to trade them for terrorists incarcerated in Israeli prisons.
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who is on 10-day visit to Africa, signed in Rwanda a memorandum of understanding to upgrade relations between the two countries.
Mehdi Nemmouche, the suspected islamist terrorist in the killing of four people at the Jewish museum in Brussels on May 24, said he would not oppose extradition to Belgium if this country pledged not to hand him on to another country.