Response to the death of kidnapped Israeli teens, and violent attacks in Kenya

Last month a group of gunmen opened fire in the center of Mpeketoni, a well known tourist area on the Kenyan coast. Witnesses reported the gunmen shot and hacked people to death, moving from house to house. No one claimed responsibility for that attack although many pointed the finger at Al Shabaab, a militant group with links to Al Qaeda. Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta says the attacks were politically motivated and not linked to any terrorist group. This was the latest in a series of violent attacks that have taken place in Kenya throughout the last year. David Anderson, a professor of African history at the University of Warwick joins us to discuss the growing violence in Kenya.
Then, the bodies of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel, three Israeli teens who were kidnapped in the West Bank, were found on Monday in the Palestinian town of Halhul. The Israeli government blames Hamas for the kidnapping and killing of the teenagers and has launched a series of airstrikes in response. Hamas has denied it was responsible. We’ll discuss the Israeli government’s response with Alex Goldman-Shayman, the Israeli Deputy Consul General to the Midwest. We'll also talk to journalist Michael Omer-Man, managing editor of 972 Magazine, an Israeli-Palestinian online news publication.

(photo: Israelis light candles as they gather in Jerusalem after the announcement that the bodies of the three missing teenagers were found near the West Bank town of Hebron, late Monday, June 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner))