Tag: Human Interest Stories
Sderot a city of PTSD without the post
We walk downstairs and underground into a bomb shelter where the Sderot municipality is housed. The first words from Shalom Halevi, a Sderot native and city representative: “I understand that there are those of...
Where 8,000 Rocket Launches Are Not a Casus Belli
The most chilling comment I've seen on the mid-March surge of violence from Gaza, when terrorists fired 300 rockets at Israel in four days, was made almost three weeks earlier. The rocket fire had...
Blaring sirens warn students of more rockets from Gaza
Sirens blare in my head. Realizing this is not a drill, I jump out of bed and dash to the closest bomb shelter. Within seconds, the room fills with American, Canadian and Israeli students,...
Art and Life Under Missile Fire: From Sderot to Jerusalem
In his Poetics, Aristotle suggests that “art imitates life.” This statement is certainly applicable to the Sderot Community Treatment Theatre’s current production, Children of Qassam Avenue, a dramatic reenactment of a dozen teenage girls’...
Summary of equipment aboard the Gaza flotilla – June 7, 2010
The Logistics Section of SIBAT (Foreign Defense Assistance and Defense Export Department of the Israel Ministry of Defense), together with COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories), are responsible for transferring humanitarian aid...
Red Flags Of Provocation And Israel’s Response
As a native of Maine, Scott Hamann's account of the Gaza aid flotilla debacle immediately caught my eye when scanning the news. Hamman, a South Portland video producer, describes his experience in harrowing terms,...
How come no one knows who Manee Singmueangphon is?
It is not every day that Human Rights Watch (HRW) comes out with a report that accurately highlights Hamas war crimes against Israel, but in the case of the Thai worker killed by a...
Purim Recollections: The Real Heroes of Sderot
“The next Megillah reading will be at 6:30 pm sharp,” said a voice on the intercom.
I was at the Jerusalem Central Bus Station. It was the eve of Purim and I had just arrived...
Sderot–a return to normalcy?
Although news reports have frequently described the situation in Sderot as back to normal-with real estate having gone up 20 to 30 percent, 1,400 new homes approved for construction, and families returning to the...
Sderot students write peace letters to Gaza children
A few days before the new year, Sderot children from the Alon Madaim Elementary School took the time to write letters and and color drawings illustrating their hopes for peace and quiet for 2010....
