Mayor Moyal has a more sober assessment of the effect of the Kassams on Sderot’s children. “More than 50 percent of kids here are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome,” he asserts. “It manifests in all kinds of ways—they’re sleeping in their parent’s beds, can’t concentrate on their studies, taking pills,” he adds.
Moyal pledges that by the end of the month no kids will be left in Sderot. All 5,000 children will be sent to summer camps in other parts of the country to protect them from additional trauma.
Moyal isn’t placated by government promises to reinforce schools with Kassam-proof roofs. “I don’t believe in protection—what we need is to prevent the terrorists launching missiles at us. Israel isn’t really fighting terror, our government is trying to negotiate with terrorists.”
The Likud mayor doesn’t mince words in conveying his disgust at his Palestinian neighbors. “There’s no reason the Palestinians keep on shitting on us after we took all our troops out of Gaza. It’s just blatant hatred, that’s why they’re shooting at us. There are no Palestinian demands on this land. I’m calling on the citizens of Sderot not to go anywhere—we’ll stay here forever. Not because we’re strong, but because we’re right. We won’t give them the satisfaction of giving into terror.”
And this morning's news:-
Qassam rocket disrupts electricity supply to Sderot
Palestinians fired two Qassam rockets at Israeli targets near the Gaza Strip predawn Sunday.
One rocket hit several electricity poles in the southern town of Sderot and disrupted electricity supply to the Rabin neighborhood in the town.
The second Qassam was launched at the western Negev and landed near the border fence. No damage or casualties were recorded in this incident.
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