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?
In a news conference on the first night of the fighting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert spelled out the war\’s aims: to create a new security reality in the south in which Israeli civilians can live without fear of rocket or terror attacks.
In an address Saturday night, Israel\’s prime minister, flanked by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Defense Minister Ehud Barak, asked the Israeli public to unite around the Israel Defense Forces operation that began in Gaza earlier in the day.
The renewal of intense Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilian areas has put Israelis in a somber mood during the usually festive week of Chanukah.
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 blue and white flag with the Star of David will be raised for the first time in front of the Israeli Consulate on Sunday, Sept. 28.
The rocket landed Sunday not far from the home of Mayor Eli Moyal
What would young Israelis from Sderot do during an all-expense-paid trip to Los Angeles? See Adam Sandler in \”Don\’t Mess With the Zohan,\” of course.
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