Posted on 12/30/2008 2:50:14 PM PST by AJKauf
shkelon’s wide boulevards and seafront promenade are deserted, the few souls who do venture out quickly make their way back indoors, listening out for the wail of rocket warning sirens that are now setting the uncertain rhythm of their lives.
Ashkelon, a coastal city of some 110,000 people, is reluctantly finding itself thrust onto the front line of the latest showdown in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, along with other cities unaccustomed to incoming fire such as Ashdod and Beersheva.
“This is all new to us,” said Avichai Levi.
Like other residents, he had never experienced anything like the rocket assault that has befallen their city since Israel’s massive air assault on Gaza began over the weekend. Rockets had fallen occasionally in the past, but only rarely...
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30 years ago I lived on a kibbutz right outside of Ashkelon. I wonder if they’ve been hit. Great Kibbutz. Brazilian founded. So everyone spoke Portuguese, Hebrew or English...a great experience for a young person!
You speak of diversity in a different time.
Today, diversity means that you can speak Portuguese, Hebrew or English, but you must all believe the same thing: Israel is an oppressor of the Palestinians.
Your's sounds like a wonderful experience....
“Gaza, it’s right here,” she said, her voice trailing off. “I think we still don’t understand what’s happening so at some level we can still be optimistic because we don’t yet get the gravity of the situation.”
Apparently history education is less than stellar in Israel also.
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