"What happened [in Sderot] today was beautiful"
Watch out ... Kassams!! (Demonstration in Jerusalem Feb. 17th)
The system that Israel has been developing as its sole anti-missile defense for short-range missiles is useless against Kassams shot from less than four and a half kilometers (about three miles) away. Because Sderot is two kilometers (a little more than a mile) from Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, on Sunday the buffoons in the Olmert-Barak-Livni junta approved the construction of 'sealed rooms' in some 8000 homes. The next day, they discovered that they only had the money to pay for 3600 of them over the next two years, as Kassams fall in Sderot and surrounding communities daily.
... aerial view ... Sderot with Gaza City in the background.... AFP/File/Menahem Kahana
A motorcade of several hundred cars arrived in Sderot on Friday morning carrying thousands of people from across Israel who came to do their Shabbat shopping in the rocket-battered town.While the visitors were still on their way, a rocket fired from northern Gaza landed in an open field north of town, causing no injuries or damage.
.... Sderot Mayor Eli Moyal said that the thousands of shoppers who arrived in the city had conveyed a message to the government. "This is a development of what has been happening recently. The quiet protests, without antagonism and without incitement. It's simple to tell people this is our situation.
"I am certain and believe that the government can no longer take its time in the face of these sights, and this will slowly penetrate, because the people are saying, 'Enough, something has to be done with Sderot's residents.' Today we saw the best of the Israeli people. People with smiles, with so much love," Moyal added.
The chairman of Sderot's traders' council, Aharon Hugi, said that the initiative was amazing. "It's beautiful to see this today, after the town has been literally deserted the entire week and there has hardly been any traffic in shops.
"Suddenly, the shops are full. We were really concerned that the Color Red alert system might scare off some of the people, but those who have already arrived told us that even if rockets start landing, they will continue doing their shopping. People have no clue how much good this is doing to the town."
Danny Dahan, a supermarket owner, said that it would be hard for him to forget the sights he saw on Friday. "This is Sderot, which I am definitely unfamiliar with and can't remember. The hustle and bustle in the streets, the playing children and of course the economic aid they gave us. This hug they embraced us with was worth everything. We met each one at the entrance to the city with a flower and some refreshments. What happened here today was beautiful."
Dahan added that the businesses in the city would be able to recover thanks to the many shoppers. "It gives us a lot of strength, although I personally was on the verge of exhaustion."
Another Sderot resident, Haim Kuznitz, told Ynet that the entire town center was filled with car traffic.
"It's simply astounding to see that's happening here… the feeling is that the government may not be with us, but the people certainly are..."
Mark Ephraim, 29, from Hadera, told Ynet, "We drove in a huge convoy to Sderot, and it was simply an uplifting [sight].
"We came here today hoping to cheer up the people who are suffering in Sderot. Our goal is to shop, and mainly extend our support to the people of Sderot and show them we haven't forgotten them."
Good Shabbes!
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