Tag: Human Interest Stories
George Mitchell’s Peace Message Not Reaching Islamic Media
Speaking to reporters after meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad this week, US envoy George Mitchell stated that the US administration under Barack Obama is determined to carry out a “truly comprehensive” Arab-Israeli peace...
Hamas rebuilding civilian and military infrastructure in Gaza
Operation Cast Lead caused severe damage to Hamas’s military, security, administrative and civilian structures in the Gaza Strip, as well as to the infrastructure and public installations from or near which Hamas operated during...
In the line of verbal fire: pro-Palestinian group visits Sderot
I recently had my second opportunity in Sderot to host a group from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). EAPPI is a program supported and funded by the Geneva-based World Council...
British Colonel declares that Israel safeguarded Gaza civilians during war
Former commander of British forces in Afghanistan Col. Richard Kemp addressed The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Joint International Conference on HAMAS, THE GAZA WAR AND ACCOUNTABILITY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW. The following is a...
Iran too close for Israel’s Comfort
While the world follows Iranian developments from the grandstands of YouTube, the people of southern Israel have had front row seats for some time now.
When Iran's protege, Hamas, staged a coup in Gaza that...
Bringing Israeli and Arab Worlds Together at the Sderot Cinemateque
In a region where rockets have hammered civilian residents for the past eight years, the local Sderot Cinemateque remains a popular pastime for residents looking to enjoy a film. As the only rocket-proof cinema...
Behind the Stage with the Sderot Treatment Theater Performers
Combining Drama and Treatment Therapy in Sderot
For the past few months, Sderot Media Center’s theater director, Livnat Shlessinger has been working with Sderot high school girls on the production of the play, Noar Sderot...
Still in Danger of Closing: Sderot Trauma Centers face uncertain future
Dalia Yosef, head of the Sderot Trauma Center, reported to Sderot Media Center that 25% of the annual budget of NIS 6 million for five trauma centers in the western Negev and Sderot has...
Knesset Ministers Respond to SMC’s Call to Fund Trauma Centers
In light of the closing of the Sderot trauma facilities, SMC has called on Israeli Knesset ministries to step up funding or find a financial solution that will enable trauma services to continue operating...
Sderot residents left to battle rockets and PTSD alone
Imagine that you are 18-years-old. You have just completed high school and in a few months you will enter the army. In the meantime, you spend your time going out with friends and working...
