Tens Of Thousands Attend Funeral Of Murdered Teenagers

Tens of thousands of Israelis attended the funeral of Gil-Ad Shaer, Eyal Yifrah and Naftali Fraenkel in Modi’in on Tuesday afternoon, with Fraenkel’s mother Rachel eulogizing her son and speaking for millions of other Israeli mothers by saying “we will have to learn to sing without you,” adding that the many prayers for her son’s safe return were not wasted but “you can not always change a decree. For us it was too late.” Speaking after the parents of the slain, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised their behavior under the circumstances saying “you taught the whole world what a mother’s cry is and what a mother’s love is. Blessed are the boys of such parents and families, and how terrible it is that fate has separated you from them through an evil that is incomprehensible.” Read More