Former U.S. presidential candidate Mike Huckabee called on President Obama to halt dialogue with Hamas, which is believed to be responsible for the abduction of three Israeli teens.
Israel’s Cabinet agreed to reduce the presence of the country’s military in the West Bank and limit its incursions into Palestinian areas 12 days after the kidnapping of three Israeli teens.
The Gush Etzion, a string of usually quiet West Bank commuter suburbs, has been on edge since the abduction of three Israeli teens who were hitchhiking there.