Palestinian Terrorists Murder Family In Samaria, Including 3 Children

The story below is heartbreaking.  Included is a link made available by the family of the dead,  of the atrocities committed by murderous Palestinian terrorists.  Recently a group to which I belong on Facebook held a long discussion about some of the members stance on Israel.  I was appalled to see one posting where a woman accused the Israelis of genocide.  Genocide? A nation born  out of the exodus of victims of genocide?  It was ludicrous.

As a Christian, I don't understand anti Semitism.  Was it really necessary for Pope Benedict to recently absolve the Jewish people of killing Jesus?  How can those who denounce bigotry and racism, be anti Semitic?  I have studied the history of Modern Jewry, I've read volumes on the struggles suffered by the Jewish people to achieve the Partition of Palestine, and the eventual formation of the State of Israel.

My interest in the subject was peaked as a teenager, and it has never waned.  Perhaps if those who so callously accuse the Israelis of abuse would read just a fraction of what I have,  maybe then they would realize that the Arabs have always been the aggressors.  Israel allows Arab citizens to live in peace within their borders.  Palestinians blow themselves up on buses, and shopping centers, and sneak into  settlements  in the middle of the night and murder innocent people, children and babies.[

There is a link in the article below which shows the bloodied, murdered bodies of the victims.  It is accompanied by warning that the photos are extremely graphic and children should not see them.  The family of the victims have released the pictures because they want others to know the savagery of which these animals are capable. 

Two Sisters From The Right stands with Israel always, and particularly during this time of grief.  Personally, we will always support Israel and the Israeli people. 

May God be with the Fogel children who survived and their family.  May the memory of Rabbi and IDF tank unit officer Udi Fogel, his wife Ruth, 11-year-old Yoav, four-year-old Elad, and three-month-old Hadas be a blessing.

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Arab Terrorists Murder Family in Samaria, Including Infant


by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu

The IDF is searching for the murderers, who broke through a window and murdered the victims in their beds.

Officials immediately began a “blame game,” with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu faulting Palestinian Authority incitement in schools and mosques. Voice of Israel government radio actually implied that Itamar residents themselves were responsible for improper security, an accusation which has since been refuted.

The barbaric murders followed dozens of warnings from nationalists and leaders in Judea and Samaria that the constant easing of security procedures implemented by Defense Minister Ehud Barak would be the prelude to terrorist attacks.

The army is investigating the attack, but it already is known that the security fence did not include cameras and other equipment requested by Itamar, according to Shomron (Samaria) Regional Council Chairman Gershon Mesika.

An electronic warning system at the fence did not function. Voice of Israel government radio openly questioned whether Itamar was not to blame because it was aware that the fence was sub-standard. However, it was the IDF that did not upgrade it. It also reported that there was a general warning of a terrorist attack and that Itamar security officials allegedly did not relay the information to the Israel Defense Forces. This was found to be untrue, as it was later was confirmed that there was only a general warning of an attack without any specific indication that Itamar was to be targeted.

The United States, which has pressured Israel to ease security procedures, condemned the attacks and offered its condolences to the survivors and “to the Israeli people.” It urged the Palestinian Authority to "unequivocally" condemn the murders.

A statement by PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad simply stated, "We are against violence and condemn it regardless of the circumstances, identity of the victims or the goals,” but he did not state that the PA would help search for the perpetrators.

He also did not condemn the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, which took responsibility for the attack. In a statement to the media, the terrorist cell of the Fatah faction headed by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas claimed that the attack was a “heroic operation, part of the natural response to the massacres of the fascist occupation against our people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.”

Earlier, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki condemned the attack but implied that Palestinian Authority Arabs were not involved. "No Palestinian in the past killed an infant and butchered people in such a way based on a nationalistic or vengeful motive," he said. "This raises doubt as to Israel's rush to accuse the Palestinians of committing this act."

MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari, speaking on Radio Kol Chai shortly after the end of the Sabbath, said that the terrorists gain impetus when they see hundreds of Israeli police deployed to destroy houses in outposts such as the recent Gilad Farm (Havat Gilad) incident where plastic bullets were used against Jews, roadblocks leading to and from Arab villages removed and Jewish construction effectively frozen, all actions implemented under the control of Defense Minister Ehud Barak that have the tacit approval of Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel would file a complaint with the United Nations. "Israel is expecting to hear a strong condemnation from all democratic states which in the name of human rights hurry to denounce every caravan movement in Judea and Samaria but as of last night have yet to condemn the heinous murder of an entire family, including a three-month-old baby," he stated.

(IsraelNationalNews.com)

UPDATE
 

Victims Indentified as Family of Rabbi Fogel of Yeshiva Itamar


by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu




Baby Hadas Fogel
3 months old



The victims of the brutal murders at Itamar, in Samaria, Friday night are Rabbi and IDF tank unit officer Udi Fogel, his wife Ruth, 11-year-old Yoav, four-year-old Elad pictured) and three-month-old Hadas. Rabbi Fogel taught at the Itamar post-high school yeshiva, whose senior rabbi is former IDF Chief Rabbi Avi Ronsky.

Click here for photos on the murder victims (Warning: Extremely Graphic)

Elad Fogel
4 years old

Their funerals will take place at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Har Menuchot Cemetery in Jerusalem. The survivors, 12-year-old Tamar, eight-year-old Ro’ie and two-year-old Shai, are being cared for by their grandfather, Chaim Fogel, a resident of Nevei Tzuf, also in Samaria.

After bringing his grandchildren from the home of the terrorist crime, he said, '"We saw the scene of the vicious murder.”

Yoad Fogel
11 years old

Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that an initial investigation indicates that the parents, Udi and Ruth Fogel, fought with the attackers, an act that may have been instrumental in saving the lives of three of their children who were in another room.

The attackers fled immediately after murdering the parents and three of their children who were in the same room with them.


Rabbi Udi Fogel



The IDF has arrested approximately 20 Palestinian Authority Arabs for questioning, but it not known how many terrorists were involved in the murders. It is known that the terrorists jumped over the electronic security fence.

Around 22:30 Friday night, they entered one house , where no one was home, and then broke into the Fogel home to carry out the murders.Tracks from the home led to the nearby village of Awarta. Saturday night, Jewish residents in the area demonstrated at the nearby Tapuach junction and marched north towards Hawara, near Shechem and where Defense Minister Barak has removed several key security checkpoints and relaxed security inspections.

Ruth Fogel

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said, "I noticed that several states which rushed to condemn Israel for building a house in some place are taking their time in condemning the murder of children.”

He also said he was shocked by the ambiguous condemnation of Palestinian Authority leaders. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas stated, "Violence will only bring more violence – we must hurry to find a comprehensive, just solution to the conflict.”

Following the remarks, Prime Minister Netanyahi stated, "I am disappointed by the weak and mumbled statements. This is not how one condemns terrorism. This is not how one fights terrorism. See how Israeli prime ministers, myself among them, have reacted in similar situations, but there has never been anything like this, in which terrorists entered a home and cut children's throats.

"This requires sharp and unequivocal condemnation. This requires something else. This requires a halt to the incitement.... The time has come to stop this double-talk in which the Palestinian Authority outwardly talks peace, and allows – and sometimes leads – incitement at home. The time has come to stop the incitement and begin educating their people for peace."