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Letters To The Editor
Issue date: 11/16/07 Section: Commentary
Now if you haven't thought twice or aren't alarmed yet by what I have said, don't worry. Most people probably wouldn't be alarmed at this point. However, people should be alarmed. My friend is going to talk about daily terrorism facing Sderot residents. My friend lives in a town that experiences terrorism daily. And yes, my friend has agreed to come to talk about this. So, what else is new? In the middle of our conversation, my friend says, "Can you call me back in a minute, I have to go. A Kassam is on the way." I said, "Sure," not eventhinking twice. People often get interrupted in the middle of a conversation. So I said that I would call him back and I hung up.
After I hung up the phone it struck me. What do I mean by "it?" I mean "it," the tragedy and absurdity of the situation. A rocket loaded full of explosives is about to explode ... perhaps killing the person you are talking to on the phone so you have to hang up. Thank God, the Kassam did not strike my friend or any of the other 20,000 people living in Sderot. What strikes me is that 20,000 people live under constant attack of these rockets. I can only imagine these people on the phone and how they have to interrupt their conversations to say to their friends and family, "Could you call me back? A rocket is about to fall." Who knows where this rocket may fall? Maybe on this person's street. Maybe on their house. Maybe on their child's school. Maybe on that person.
Kassam rockets began falling in Sderot seven years ago. The rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip. The terrorist organization Hamas has claimed responsibility for most of the Kassam attacks. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said in a press release in May 2007,"We expect the international community to demand of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinians to stop this violence against innocent civilians in Israel. Since May 15, Palestinians have launched over 300 Kassam rockets from Gaza at Sderot and the western Negev."
After I hung up the phone it struck me. What do I mean by "it?" I mean "it," the tragedy and absurdity of the situation. A rocket loaded full of explosives is about to explode ... perhaps killing the person you are talking to on the phone so you have to hang up. Thank God, the Kassam did not strike my friend or any of the other 20,000 people living in Sderot. What strikes me is that 20,000 people live under constant attack of these rockets. I can only imagine these people on the phone and how they have to interrupt their conversations to say to their friends and family, "Could you call me back? A rocket is about to fall." Who knows where this rocket may fall? Maybe on this person's street. Maybe on their house. Maybe on their child's school. Maybe on that person.
Kassam rockets began falling in Sderot seven years ago. The rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip. The terrorist organization Hamas has claimed responsibility for most of the Kassam attacks. Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said in a press release in May 2007,"We expect the international community to demand of the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinians to stop this violence against innocent civilians in Israel. Since May 15, Palestinians have launched over 300 Kassam rockets from Gaza at Sderot and the western Negev."
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