Posted on 06/29/2006 6:28:47 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
Funeral of Eliyahu Asheri, Kidnapped and Murdered by Terrorists 15:07 Jun 29, '06 / 3 Tammuz 5766 by Hillel Fendel
The kidnapped youth's funeral has begun, and he will be buried on Mt. of Olives. His body was found overnight near Ramallah, after he was kidnapped and murdered Sunday night. His mother speaks.
Roads in Jerusalem will be closed, in honor of the funeral.
Eliyahu had not been seen since Sunday night, and only Monday afternoon did it become fairly clear that he had been kidnapped. By then, however, he was already dead - even while volunteers searched throughout Judea and Samaria for traces of his presence. In the end, it was the murderer himself who led the Israeli security authorities to the body, in a field outside Ramallah, north of Jerusalem.
The terrorist was among those apprehended in a round of IDF arrests made throughout Judea and Samaria on Wednesday. He was interrogated by the General Security Services, during which he revealed how and where he and his gang members shot Eliyahu in the head from close range, shortly after they abducted him on Sunday night.
Others connected to the kidnapping and murder are still being interrogated.
Eliyahu's mother Miriam told Voice of Israel Radio this morning,
"At this time, I do have not much to say, for the pain is so unbearable; I can barely find a way to hold it. But one thing I can say is that many times in the past years, because of the many disagreements-between-brothers we have in this country, many times I asked G-d to give me, first of all, love in my heart for everyone. And now, following this terrible thing that happened to us, it has become clear to me how really great the Nation of Israel is - how much help we have received, and all the volunteers, and the army - there are no words to describe it... And this was the way of Eliyahu as well..."
The IDF did not say whether the assault rifles which the Olmert government and the United States transferred to Abu Mazen earlier this month were used at any point in the kidnapping or murder. WorldNetDaily reported in the name of "sources close to the Al Aqsa Brigades" that the guns had been used in two separate shooting attacks against Israelis within days of the transfer.
Rabbi Avi Ronski, the Rabbi of Itamar and the man who has been tapped to become the next Chief Rabbi of the IDF, was informed of the news at 2 AM this morning (Thursday). He called Rabbi Chaim Druckman, the national head of the Bnei Akiva Yeshivot movement and Eliyahu's adopted grandfather, and the two of them made their way to the Asheri family. Family members and friends began streaming to the house after the information became known.
Eliyahu, 18, was from the Shomron town of Itamar and was a student at the pre-military yeshiva academy in N'vei Tzuf, in the western Binyamin area. He was last seen at 9 PM Sunday at the French Hill junction in northern Jerusalem, where hundreds of people wait for rides northward every day.
Rabbi Ronsky said, "It is now clear that they murdered Eliyahu very soon after they kidnapped him, and all their announcements and threats afterwards were merely psychological pressure against us."
The Popular Resistance Committees of Ramallah, under the supervision of the terrorist group of the same name in Gaza, announced Monday - after Eliyahu was already dead - that they would murder him if Israel did not withdraw its forces from Gaza.
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Published: 06:06 June 29, 2006 Last Update: 15:07 June 29, 2006
Roads in Jerusalem will be closed, in honor of the funeral.
Eliyahu's mother Miriam told Voice of Israel Radio this morning,
"At this time, I do have not much to say, for the pain is so unbearable; I can barely find a way to hold it. But one thing I can say is that many times in the past years, because of the many disagreements-between-brothers we have in this country, many times I asked G-d to give me, first of all, love in my heart for everyone. And now, following this terrible thing that happened to us, it has become clear to me how really great the Nation of Israel is - how much help we have received, and all the volunteers, and the army - there are no words to describe it... And this was the way of Eliyahu as well..."
So Sad! May he rest in peace! Prayers and condolences to his family!
Rest in peace, young soldier.
In Jerusalem, the mother (2nd L) and family members grieve over the body of 18-year-old Eliahu Asheri
during his funeral, after his murder by Palestinian terrorists (AS IS THEIR WAY).
========= Nahal Oz at the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip =========
In Nahal Oz at the border of Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Support of the so-called two state solution should be withdrawn by the US. Of course it won't be...
SAVAGES!!! Hamas and Fatah must be destroyed! God Bless Isael and keep her safe!
"Support of the so-called two state solution should be withdrawn by the US. Of course it won't be..."
You are, of course, correct. Condi Rice has been subverted by State, which is an pro-Islamist fifth column in the US gov't. GW would have to overrule her, and that's just not going to happen.
The MSM, of course, is pushing for appeasement. For example, in this article http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2248285,00.html they state that "Even as it was publicly squaring up to Israel over the captured soldier, Hamas was opening a back door to peace talks with Israel." That's innacurate. It was an unofficial "prisoners' statement" and meaningless: The Paleostinians saw that Israel was going to pound on them, so they made a play at being "for peace." Of course, the MSM bought it lock stock and barrel, as apparently did State.
As someone else asked yesterday, which is the bigger "enemy within": State or the "Two Times" (LA and NY) and the rest of the MSM?
Interesting that this extremist-Muslim kidnapping happened within days of another group of Muslim extremist terrorists kidnapping a US soldier in Iraq.
My opinion?
They are trying to wedge hatred and fear into the uniformed and armed soldiers on the streets and inspection points: By having the individual soldiers worry about their lives being butchered, they can increase the chances of a armed reaction against Muslim "innocents" - and exploit THAT reaction for more propaganda by the liberal MSM.
May the soul of Eliyahu rest in peace and may perpetual light shine upon him. May the Lord Almighty comfort and console the Asheri family.
They are using Sun Tsu, in reverse.
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