When one drives into the Israeli town Sederot, there is the palpable feeling of the laborious striving by the inhabitants and their city’s government for normality. But, unfortunately, there is no normality, for this town lies only a few kilometers away from the Gaza strip and has been rained upon, from the past until now, with thousands, or more accurately speaking, almost 10,000 rockets and mortar shells from there — at random and untargeted, on children and women, old and weak — with the goal of spreading terror and killing Israelis. And, hardly noticed by the world community.

(Photo report by B. Sham / Translation: Anders Denken)

Sederot — on first look, a small pioneer city that is trying to hold its ground between its pioneer days and modern times.

Under normal conditions, that would be difficult enough, but under the hail of rockets from the neighboring Arab Hamas community in Gaza, it needs special perseverance in order not to give up. There indeed exists a pretty reliably functioning early “red alert” warning system against the rocket attacks by strictly Muslim Hamas in Gaza now, however, there are only about 15 seconds for running to cover. There, the normal little dangers of everyday appear more as an ironic contrast.

In fact, a second look, however, shows a few special characteristics of this city on the edge of the Negev desert: Wherever one goes and stands, bunkers and protective structures have been inconspicuously integrated more or less with street life — a quasi-normality during the hail of rockets.

Every bus stop, every kindergarten, every post office — everything has to be armored against the terror from the neighboring Muslim Hamas community.

Apartments lately have all been outfitted with armored security rooms (Israeli: ‘mamad’) — with poured concrete against the terrorism.

The large local Yeshiva Sederot (Jewish Bible school) stands firm against the terror: one will not allow oneself to be driven out. In contrast, on the roof of the large school, students built a nine-armed Chanukkah lamp out of rocket parts through which visitors can catch a view in the direction of Gaza.

Are the attacks demonstrations of thanksgiving by the really devoted followers of the “Religion of Peace” that the Israelis voluntarily vacated the Gaza strip in 2005, sprinkled throughout with all its magnificent settlement areas? It was the previous Prime Minister Ariel Sharon who pushed this through.

The few Israeli military actions, targeted against the rocket terrorists in the Gaza strip, were rabidly judged by this world’s “quality media”: it was irresponsible Israeli war mongering, etc., etc., etc., in defending themselves militarily against the Religion of Peace and its rockets instead of being constantly chafed by unending, ineffective negotiations. Ineffective? Really, why indeed? Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu once expressed it with total clarity and simplicity, “With a Hamas, we Israelis could only negotiate about our annihilation.”

Hamas Video regarding this:

These rockets have absolutely no military value, since they are inaccurate. They are only useful for terror weapons against localities where they might land.

The modest town hall in Sederot has suggestions ready for visitors on how to behave in case of attack, as well as a brochure in stock about the attacks that have gone on for years and about the victims of the terrorists from the Gaza strip:

Then the visitors are referred to the police station where the remainders of the Kassam rockets are kept on exhibit.

The blockade of the Gaza strip is seen, in terms of the militarily use goods, as an absolute necessity; the recent decline in rocket attacks can be traced back, on the one side, to the targeted anti-terror actions by the Israeli military, and on the other, to the thorough inspection of the large multitude of goods allowed into Gaza. The Sederot residents can only grab their heads over so much lack of reality and over the ideological stubbornness in much of the quality medias’ one-sided reporting having the overtones of an Israeli attack on a “peace flotilla” and the “supplies for the residents” in Gaza.

But Sederot demonstrates a nearly calm power notwithstanding — with the the oversized Jewish symbol of the Shofar

and the positive tenacity that shows in the confidence in the Israeli community.

They will never be broken by the Arab terrorists.

When one drives into the Israeli town Sederot, there is the palpable feeling of the laborious striving by the inhabitants and their city\'s government for normality. But, unfortunately, there is no normality, for this town lies only a few kilometers away from the Gaza strip and has been rained upon, from the past until ...

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