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oberliner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 08:36 PM
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Sderot close to collapse
Just like many other Sderot residents, at the beginning of the week I woke up to a reality that appeared to exist in a fantasy world, where any connection to reality is frowned upon. While displaying elation that made me question his hearing and comprehension, Ehud Olmert shared his impression from his visit to Gaza-region communities with cabinet ministers.


“This time, I found a different atmosphere,” Olmert told the ministers. “I saw impressive determination and resilience, and heard fewer complaints and plenty of appreciation for the military operations carried out in Gaza.”


Despite the temptation to investigate where Olmert’s baseless words come from, I prefer to leave this question to medical and psychological experts. After all, his meeting with residents only resulted in complaints, and not even one positive word about the government or army.


This time around, Olmert chose to meet with residents of Gaza-region kibbutzim and moshavim, who until now were portrayed in the media as “different” than Sderot residents: They’re not complaining, they’re not protesting, and they’re perceived as having greater stamina. Yet it was actually a member of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha who told the prime minister: “You came to hug us, to stroke us, and rub our back – but someone is morally bankrupt around here…the last straw will come at the end, and then our back will break.”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3497126,00.html
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ProgressiveMuslim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 09:22 PM
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1. To quote McGhee: "why don't they just move?" nt
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msmcghee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 09:39 PM
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2. I could have said that I guess.
But I just did a search and couldn't find it. Do you have a link? I'd like to check the context.
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oberliner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-21-08 09:40 PM
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3. Sderot families weigh sending kids to US
Fear of rockets falling keeps Sarit Ben-Hamo, 14, from sleeping at night in her Sderot home.

"Last night she woke up because she thought she heard a siren," her father, Haim, told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

"She is scared," he said of his daughter, who for half of her life has lived in a city that has been under attack by Palestinian terrorists living across the border in Gaza.

Haim has lived in Sderot all his life and has no intention of leaving the city. But these days, he is weighing sending Sarit to the US as part of a new grassroots program called "Save Israel's Children." It was created in the last month by a non-affiliated group of Jewish friends scattered from California to the East Coast.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1200572500865&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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