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Police make arrests in Moishe Kleinerman case 28 JULY 2022/29 TAMMUZ 5782
Moishe Kleinerman who is still missing
PARASHAT MATOT MASEI SHABBAT: BEGINS ENDS London 20:39 21:49 Manchester 20:55 22:12 Leeds 20:51 22:16 Liverpool 20:54 22:19 Bournemouth 20:39 21:57 Antwerp 21:16 22:35 Birmingham 20:46 22:08 Gateshead 20:56 22:26
BY DAVID SAFFER
Police officers have made two arrests in connection with the disappearance of teenager Moishe Kleinerman four months ago. Both suspects questioned overnight Monday were in the area of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s resting place in Meron where the 17-year-old of Modi’in Illit was last seen on April 2nd.
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Police applied for an extension of the latest arrest at Jerusalem Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. A gag order into the disappearance of Kleinerman remains in place. It was extended by the Jerusalem Court earlier Monday. Police requested the extension as it could harm its ongoing investigation into the teen’s disappearance. “The gag order prohibits the
publication of any detail of the investigation and any detail that may identify the suspects,” a police spokesman stated Monday. Kleinerman’s family reportedly said in a statement that the investigating unit was in continuous contact about the progress of the investigation. “We see a deep commitment on the part of all those involved in the case, starting from the level of the commissioner, the district commander, the head of the District Attorney’s Office, to the last police officer of the investigating unit,” they wrote. “We trust the police to take whatever action is necessary to locate Moishe, who has been missing for 122 days, and bring him home. Accordingly, we demand that the issue not be dropped from the agenda.” It has been reported police are following up leads on Kleinerman’s whereabouts. But they are struggling to discover what happened despite large scale searches by Israel’s Dog Unit. Moishe’s parents travelled last week to Jerusalem for a meeting with Chief Rabbanim HaRav Yosef Yitzchak and HaRav Dovid Lau who told them that the whole of Israel was “united around Moishe”. HaRav Lau encouraged the Kleinermans to keep praying and gave them a blessing. A Jewish man in his 30s was reportedly arrested and released at Jerusalem’s Magistrates’ Court last month. Police became aware
information leading to the arrest was based on false information. No further details were allowed due to a gag order requested by the police. It has been reported police are fearful for Moishe though not from terror activity. It is believed he did not cross Israel’s border. Am Yisrael Chai Fund pledged NIS 50k for “concrete’ information to find Moishe. Ami Magazine also pledged $10k along with two private $27.5k donations to aid the search. A special investigative team has been formed at the Crime Investigation Unit. Police are investigating the possibility that Moishe’s disappearance could be connected to an unsolved disappearance three years ago. Moshe Ilowitz, 40, of Mevo Modi’im and a father of five, disappeared in 2019. His disappearance was similar to Moishe as he was last seen entering Meron. The case is ongoing. The parents of Moishe and relatives of Moshe visited the home of the Mekubal HaGaon HaRav Dovid Batzri, Rosh Yeshivas HaShalom, on Monday. HaRav Batzri led a special tikkun with his son, the HaMekubal HaRav Yitzchak Batzri. Afterward, he gave relatives a special amulet and offered more prayers. The public is asked to daven for Avraham Moshe ben Gittel.
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