Israel kidnapping

Students encouraged to bring red balloons to first day of school for missing child Haymanot Kasau

"The first day of school is always exciting," Haymanot's father Tesfaye Kasau said. "It's a happy day. For us, it's another hard day."

Rescue teams searching for 9-year-old Haymanut Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, February 28, 2024.
Protesters block roads in Tel Aviv demanding further government action into the disappearance of four-year-old Haymanut Kasau, July 26, 2026.

Haymanot's parents ask Shin Bet chief to take over investigation 911 days after disappearance

Screenshot of Yeros Kasau during a Maariv interview on the Education on the Agenda podcast.

Sister of missing Haymanut Kasau accuses Shin Bet chief of refusing to act in search

 The Israeli police pointing towards the inside of a car.

Jewish settler ambushed near Kiryat Arba, forces rescue abducted woman


The POSTman Knocks Twice: A time to keep silent

It is the worst time to make decisions. Anger bubbles up. Anger takes over. Now is not the time to make fateful decisions.

Candles placed next to a picture of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted and killed, in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square June 30, 2014.

As I See It: Crocodile tears over the cult of death

Western leaders give a free pass to the Palestinians – who know that, as far as the West is concerned, they can kidnap and murder Israeli children with impunity.

President Shimon Peres with US President Barack Obama at the White House

July 4: Been there

Readers respond to the police emergency response, prisoner release policies, and a New York opera showing.

Letters 370

IDF imprisons soldiers for taking part in online calls for 'revenge'

Army says that the soldiers involved were put in army prison for acting "in violation of military orders."

Sign that reads: "The nation demands revenge"

Another Tack: The Kay and Tim Show

Kay and Tim are the people we Israelis obsessively seek to impress but our sophisticated simulations drown in their syrupy shallowness.

Sky’s Kay Burley and Tim Marshall: there was nothing remotely kind or caring about their banter.

So what happens now?

We found ourselves crying out to the world asking again and again, “Why are you ignoring this abduction and its perpetrators?"

Candles placed next to a picture of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted and killed, in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square June 30, 2014.

July 3: The funeral

Readers react to the kidnapped teens' funerals, the notion of land for peace, and health care.

Letters 370

Hundreds of Arabs riot across Jerusalem after Palestinian teen found murdered

Arab rioters believe boy killed by Israelis as revenge for 3 Israeli teens; police clarify motive for crime has yet to be determined.

 A Palestinian hurls a stone towards Israeli police during clashes in Shuafat, July 2, 2014.

In extended version of kidnapped teens' call to police, murderers heard singing in celebration

Tape seems to dispel scenario that terrorists had panicked and possibly not meant to kill the 3 Israeli boys.

Kidnapping suspects: Marwan Quasma and Amar Abu Eisha

Gush Etzion man walks to Capitol for Pollard, slain youths

David Mandel had hoped that by the time he arrived in Washington, he would hear good news regarding the three boys and Pollard.

Daniel Mandel and his wife, Cheryl, show solidarity with the kidnapped boys.