Isreal takes 150 Palestinians into custody as they search for 3 missing teens

Daily News

By: Rachelle Benjamin
June 16, 2014

TEENS KIDNAPPED
3 ISRAELI TEENS KIDNAPPED

Three teenagers were kidnapped late Thursday evening around Gush Etzion, an Israeli neighborhood while hitchhiking. One of the teens left a message on their cellphone, just before the phone was taken, letting Israeli officals know they were being kidnapped.

The military announced Sunday, “that Israeli soldiers have now detained 150 or more Palestinians suspects as they search for the 3 teenagers. Those detained were Hamas leaders and operatives.”

“We are determined to bring them home and bring the perpetrators of their abduction to justice,” said Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces.
“People have just dropped off the face of the earth and the three boys, who are our main concern, are the focus of our efforts,” Lerner told CNN. “Hamas are behind that, and we are doing everything we can to shake them up as soon as possible in order to bring the boys home.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and told him to “assist in returning the abducted youths and in apprehending the kidnappers,” according to Netanyahu’s office. Netanyahu has now blamed Hamas for the kidnapping.

“Those who perpetrated the abduction of our youths were members of Hamas — the same Hamas that Abu Mazen made a unity government with,” Netanyahu has stated Sunday.
Abu Mazen is another name for Abbas, whose government now includes Hamas, which controls Gaza. “The consequences of the partnership with Hamas must be understood: It is bad for Israel, bad for the Palestinians and bad for the region,” Netanyahu said.

Netanyahu will now use all forces to return the 3 teenagers.

Radio Legend Casey Kasem has died at age 82

Radio

By: Rachelle Benjamin
June 16, 2014

Casey Kasem
Casey Kasem has died at age 82

Casey Kasem, who has entertained radio listeners for almost four decades as the host of countdown shows such as “American Top 40” and “Casey’s Top 40,” has died early on Sunday. The news came from a Facebook post from his daughter Kerri Kasem. Don Pitts, Casey Kasems’ agent confirmed the news. Pitts also noted that Kasem had been hospitalized in Washington state for two weeks. Casey Kasem had been suffering from Lewy body disease, the most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer’s.

“Even though we know he is in a better place and no longer suffering, we are heartbroken … The world will miss Casey Kasem, an incredible talent and humanitarian; we will miss our Dad.” Kasem’s children — Kerri, Mike and Julie — wrote in a statement released by Kasem’s representative, Danny Deraney.