In a 1997 filmed interview, Rabbi and politician MK Menachem Porush describes the abduction of children as planned and deliberate. Menachem Porush was a Knesset Member on behalf of Yahadut Hatorah [Religious Torah Front] party, and the chairman of Agudat Yisrael Center in Jerusalem.

See also his Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menachem_Porush