Family: State ignores kidnapping of Israeli-Arab

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Riad al-Luah, Israeli citizen, abducted in Gaza last week during family visit in Strip. Relatives outraged that State does nothing to promote his release

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3321636,00.html

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"Muwafak Mansur, a resident of the Arab town of Tira, lashed out at the Israeli government Monday for failing to deal with the kidnapping of his father-in-law Riad al-Luah, who was kidnapped in Gaza four days ago.

No news has been received from al-Luah since his abduction, and some of his relatives are still in the Strip, making efforts to press local authorities to resolve the matter.

"Where are all the organizations? Where is the government? Where is the Knesset? An Israeli citizen has been kidnapped and no one does anything about it," Mansur charged."

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"Mansur complained that the State, the army, and the Arab Knesset members were not exerting pressure on the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government to act for the release of the hostage and enable his family to return home.

"Had it been a Jewish Israeli or a foreign citizen, the world would have jumped through hoops to get them freed. But because it is an Arab citizen, no one cares. Neither the District Coordination Office, nor the IDF nor any other authority is interested. We were not informed of anything that goes on," Mansur stated."