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            Netanyahu Calls on Abbas to Help Return Kidnapped Teens

   by VOA News

   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he expects Palestinian
   President Mahmoud Abbas to help in returning three Israeli teenagers
   kidnapped last week from the West Bank and in catching those who
   abducted them.
   A statement from Netanyahu's office Monday said the two leaders spoke
   by telephone.  It also quoted Netanyahu saying the kidnappers came from
   and returned to territory under Palestinian control.
   He has blamed the kidnappings on members of the militant group Hamas,
   which denies the allegation.
   Meanwhile, a statement from Abbas' office Monday condemned the
   kidnappings, and also criticized a wave of Israeli arrests.
   Israeli troops arrested 80 Palestinians on Sunday in Hebron, in the
   area where the youths disappeared last Thursday.  Many of those
   arrested were Hamas members.
   Netanyahu said the disappearance of the youths was the direct result of
   the newly formed Palestinian unity government between Hamas, which
   Israel considers a terrorist organization, and Fatah.
   Palestinian spokesman Ehab Bseiso said Sunday the three Israeli youths
   disappeared from an area of the West Bank controlled by Israelis and
   the Palestinian Authority is working in coordination with Israel in the
   search for the missing teens.
   U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry described the kidnappings as a
   "despicable terrorist act" and called for the immediate release of the
   three teenagers. He said "many indications point to Hamas involvement,"
   noting that it had carried out kidnappings in the past.
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