Hundreds Rally in Search of Answers After 3 Israeli Teens Found Dead

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There was heartbreak all over Staten Island's Jewish community Monday evening after learning that the bodies of three missing Israeli teenagers -- whose disappearance drew worldwide attention -- had been found.

The sadness of the borough's local Jewish community and others who related to those in Israel and worldwide who were heartsick after the June 12 disappearance of the boys from the West Bank and their subsequent killings. The sadness of the evening was coupled with anger of over a push for the killers to be brought to justice as well as sense of disappointment at a lack of response by the United States.

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Rep. Michael Grimm (R-Staten Island/Brooklyn) also spoke asking why the boys were killed.

"For what?" asked Grimm. "They weren't soldiers. They are teenagers. Their hearts aren't filled with hate, yet they were savagely abducted and killed."

Grimm called for everyone to "wake up and realize what is happening."

He added this incident, "symbolized the threat that Israel faces every single day and as Israel faces this threat so does the entire western world."

"And this is what happens when the U.S. does not have a foreign policy and we continuously show weaknes. We embolden our enemies," he added.

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