Posted on 08/26/2014 9:09:34 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
New Jersey lawmakers are alarmed that a Yeshiva student from their state has gone missing near Jerusalem, and urged the State Department to do all it can to locate the young man.
Aaron Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, N.J., was hiking in the Jerusalem Forest on Friday when he disappeared. He was in Israel to attend an ultra-Orthodox school.
Sofer is the constituent of Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), who noted in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday that search teams including Shin Bet have been looking for him since 6 p.m. Friday, to no avail. Today searchers reportedly found items belonging to Sofer and told civilians to leave the area.
He was hiking with a friend, who says he lost sight of Sofer as the New Jersey man walked ahead of him down an incline. That was about noontime.
His parents have flown to Israel and are “desperate that the search for this young man should continue,” Smith wrote.
“He may have been lost or injured and unable to return without assistance. It is also possible that he may have been kidnapped,” Smith added.
The kidnapping and murder of three Yeshiva boys – Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, 16 — from the kibbutz Kfar Etzion in the West Bank sparked the current Israeli offensive on Hamas. Naftali was a dual citizen with an American passport.
Smith stressed to Kerry that “it is in the interest of the United States Government to find out what happened to this American citizen.”
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He resembles Prince Harry in a way..............
Prayers up for the young man’s safe return. I have a work order down in Lakewood today.
They asked the State Department for help?
The State Department?
The State Department has more expertise in string theory than it does in diplomatic relations.
Ya know, perhaps we could offer the ENTIRE cast of the State Department clowns - to include Lurch - as exchange for all prisoners currently held by our esteemed six century child boinking “prophet” followers.
....Or true devil worshipers!
Hmmm... sounds like it’s adios (or shalom) for this fellow.
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