Eyeless in Gaza
Where were all the people of Gaza rising up in outrage when Hamas used them as human shields?
Where were all the people of Gaza rising up in outrage when Hamas used them as human shields?
Since the army operation, the region has been hit by a daily barrage of rockets — about a dozen Monday, more than 30 the day before. Sixty have fallen on Sderot alone so far this month, according to the town\’s security officer. The situation essentially is returning to what it had been for much of the past eight years.
The rocket landed Sunday not far from the home of Mayor Eli Moyal
Sderot\’s residents expressed optimism about the latest of a series of high-profile visitors to the town, the man who one day may be U.S. president, Barack Obama
With a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas expected to take effect this week, the question is what impact — if any — such a deal will have on the wider efforts to reach accommodation with the Palestinians.
Signs of Israel\’s military readiness are everywhere near Gaza — the military base at Nahal Oz, with its rows of dust-caked tanks and rooms of advanced surveillance equipment, the high-tech spy blimps floating like hard white clouds above the border
On Thursday, July 6, at 9 a.m., Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, a longtime supporter of Israel, was interrupted twice in attempts to place a call to Eli Moyal, mayor of the Israeli city of Sderot.
As Israeli troops moved deeper into northern Gaza to put a stop to Palestinian rocket fire on the small Negev town of Sderot, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was confident that the huge military operation would radically change the situation on the ground.