Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Knowing Israel is at war with Gaza, why would you take the chance of "recreational" hiking so close to the Israel/Gaza border ? Article says both Israeli and Palestanian people live in this area. Were they up to something else ? They obviously didn't give this "hike" too much thought.

NJ Student Missing in Jerusalem   By Karen Araiza

UPDATE: New Jersey lawmakers spoke about Aaron Sofer's disappearance at a Tuesday morning press conference. 
[PHI] NJ Student Missing in JerusalemThree days into the search for a New Jersey student missing in Israel, his family is asking for intervention from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), according to the Jerusalem Post.

Fears are growing that a South Jersey student who went missing in Jerusalem may have been kidnapped.

Aaron Sofer, 23, disappeared Friday while hiking in the Jerusalem Forest with a friend. The two became separated while making their way along a steep incline. Sofer has not been seen since and now his family and members of his community back home in Lakewood, New Jersey, fear he may have become a victim of the Gaza-Israeli conflict.           
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