All Entries Tagged With: "Sderot"

Letter From Sderot

Here is a letter from an 18-year-old girl called Tzippora, written to her grandparents in the US. Tzippora’s parents are family friends, and would like a wider audience for this letter since it gives an insight into what is happening on a personal level here in Israel, and more specifically in the embattled city [...]

AP Thinks Sderot Rockets Only “Allegedly” From Gaza Militants

Israeli children gather at the site where a rocket, allegedly fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza, landed in the southern town of Sderot Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008. Police say a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza has exploded in an Israeli town just across the border fence. They say the rocket hit an open [...]

Free Gaza Tool Jeff Halper Visits Sderot

It looks like Papa’s been smurfed.
Israeli pro-Palestinian activist Jeff Halper was arrested in Sderot on Tuesday for illegally entering Hamas-ruled Gaza, police said.
Halper reached Gazan shores on Saturday with dozens of Free Gaza Movement activists on two boats aimed at “breaking the siege” of the Strip.
Halper, who also heads the Israeli Committee against House Demolitions, [...]

The Palestinians of Sderot

The Guardian has an interesting article about palestinians who assisted Israel and have now forged a new life in Israel. In Sderot of all places.
From a plastic chair on his front porch Samir looked out over a garden neatly planted with rose bushes. In this house Samir, his wife, and five of their children are [...]

Gotta Love the Voight

The more I read about Hollywood actor Jon Voight, the more I admire him.
First of all, here is yet another video of him explaining why he supports Israel.

The Jerusalem Post also published this interview with him that underscores his humanity and ability to distinguish good from evil.

Jon Voight in Israel

I love this man.

Via Ha’aretz, which also has this report on his visit:
Award-winning American actor Jon Voight visited Israeli victims of Palestinian rocket attacks in Sderot on Tuesday, taking pictures with children and speaking out harshly against latest truce efforts to stop the rocket barrages and Israeli reprisals in Gaza.
Voight described the southern Israeli town [...]