Posts Tagged: Sderot Israel
Government Approves Plan to Reinforce Windows in Sderot Safe Rooms
JNS.org - An Israeli ministerial Committee on Civilian Sector Emergency Readiness approved a plan on Monday by Defense Minister Benny Gantz to upgrade safe room...
Protecting Sderot — and Israel
"The Accidental Philanthropist" by Sandor Frankel (Simon and Schuster, 2021) The Helmsley Charitable Trust, which began active grant-making in 2009, has quickly become one of the...
Kids in Embattled Israeli City of Sderot Take Time to Show Kites Can Elicit Fun, Not Fear
JNS.org - In a show of hope and defiance in the face of the hundreds of “terror kites” and flaming helium balloons launched into southern Israel...
Gazan Water Contamination Threatens Agriculture in Southern Israel
JNS.org - Israel’s Ministry of Health warned farmers on the Gaza border not to use water from Sderot and Sha’ar Hanegev wastewater reservoirs to irrigate their...
The Student Operation to Bring Sderot Back From the Edge
JNS.org - Many continue to pray that Israel's recently completed Operation Protective Edge will finally bring an end to the rockets that have rained...
Survey: Israelis See Business Booming in Negev
JNS.org - More than 75 percent of Israelis believe that there have been positive changes for the Negev Desert region in terms of development,...
Who Wants Israeli Migrant Workers to Remain in Horrid Conditions?
Over the past two weeks, 10,000 Sudanese and Eritrean migrant workers have held high-profile protests in Israel. These workers are mistakenly described by the mainstream...
The Israeli People and World Leaders Pay Tribute to Sharon
JERUSALEM - On Sunday, thousands gathered to pay their last respects to Israel's eleventh prime minister, Ariel Sharon. Sharon's casket was placed in the Knesset in an...
Gaza Rocket Strikes Israel in First Attack Since November Truce
For the first time since Operation Pillar of Defense in November, a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck Israel on Tuesday. There were no...
Sderot Home Hit in Gaza Rocket Attacks (PHOTOS)
In a rocket attack from Gaza this morning, a home was hit in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, home to approximately 24,ooo people, according to the Israel Defense...
Israeli Students Face Uncertain School Year Ahead
Across Israel today, over two million children began their first day of school, facing the challenge of an uncertain year ahead. For Leora Fima, principal of...
Sderot Residents Celebrate a Rocket-Free Chanukah
It is a rainy day in the working-class city of Sderot, Israel, located less than two kilometers away from the Gaza Strip. Against the dreary...
