Republican presidential candidate US Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) remained one of the few US officials to acknowledge the brutal murder of 18-year-old American citizen Ezra Yechiel Schwartz in a Palestinian terror attack in Gush Etzion on Thursday, amid a deafening silence from Washington, Tova Dvorin of Arutz Sheva observes.
Cruz noted in a Tweet that the Palestinian Arab terrorism behind Schwartz’s murder, as well as behind the whole terror war which has plagued Israel since September, is simply an outcropping of the same radical Islam the US does condemn – that of Islamic State (ISIS).
Fellow Republican nominee Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) also acknowledged the murder, calling for “Palestinian incitement to end.” Florida governor Jeb Bush also acknowledged the attacks.
Ezra was a US citizen and a student at the Ashreinu Yeshiva in Beit Shemesh. He was murdered Thursday as he and a set of friends traveled to volunteer work in Oz VeGaon, the site in Gush Etzion established in the wake of the abduction and murders of three Israeli teens last summer.
The US State Department issued a general condemnation of terror to the media, calling on “all sides” to issue restraint late Thursday night, but without mentioning Ezra by name, Arutz Sheva reports.
The White House, President Barack Obama, and Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro did not release specific statements about Ezra’s murder as of this morning, more than half a day after Ezra was identified as the victim.
{Matzav.com}
“The White House, President Barack Obama, and Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro did not release specific statements about Ezra’s murder as of this morning”
Of course not! That man in the White House cant expetc more
why don’t the White House call it as it is = PALESTINIAN TERRORISTS & MURDERERS
They did not say anything because THEY DO NOT CARE!
Ezra a wonderful talented young guy from a very special family.
May Hashem give you strength. All of us,the entire klal yisroel is crying with you.
Hamikim yenachem eschem ……
US law prohibits an adult who dies abroad from being identified as a US citizen unless the immediate family specifically agrees. A-7 and Matzav have an excuse for being ignorant of this law but Cruz is supposed to know better. In fact this was brought up at Thursday’s State Department press briefing and the questioner admitted that it was unfair to expect a statement. Did A-7 or Matzav review that briefing transcript?
Love and prayers to the family during these long months ahead.
God Bless you ! God Bless you !