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Hundreds In Sderot, Israel Protest Hamas Gaza Terror Rockets, Seek Peace For Children
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Joel Leyden Jerusalem ---- December 31, 2009 …… Hundreds of Sderot and Israel civilians took to the streets today to demand an end to Hamas terror attacks from Gaza. In a rally organized by the Sderot Media Center, protesters demanded an end to violence and the creation of dialogue and peace for both the children of Sderot and Gaza. Sderot civilians, Israel youth, university students, and international peace supporters marked the one year anniversary of the Israel Defense Forces Operation Cast Lead and a new decade of peace and hope for Sderot and the world for 2010. "We stand here today on both sides of the border, with a message of peace between us," said Sderot Mayor David Buskila. "We have released balloons with messages from the children of Sderot who experienced the Qassam rockets, and we want to say to Hamas leaders, who to our dismay continue to rearm, that we come in peace. We are too strong to leave this land, and justice is with us." The peace rally was coordinated with the Israel Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs, WUJS, World Jewish Congress, Im Tirzu and the Sderot Municipality. The Sderot
Israel Peace Rally for Hope was a counter-response to the Gaza
Freedom March, which took place in Egypt today. The Sderot
rally featured a number of speakers including the presidential
candidate for the 2011 elections in Zambia, the Honorable Dr.
Saviour Chishimba, Former Member of Parliament-National Assembly
of Zambia and founder of the Zambia-Israel Alliance. The Sderot Israel Peace Rally began at Kibbutz Nir Am, located between Kibbutz Erez and Nir Am. Leading the protesters were Sderot Mayor David Buskila and Information Minister Yuli Edelstein. Hundreds then marched to Givat Yanchik (Givat Ha’Oranim). Following the peace march, the Israel peace activists released hundreds of balloons with messages from Sderot, Israel children to the children of Gaza. Moshe Amar, a Sderot boy whose home was destroyed in a Hamas terror rocket attack and was visited by US President Barack Obama during his 2008 election campaign, spoke to the peace protesters.
"Try to imagine that everything you love, the things that are supposed to be the most secure in your life - your home and your family are directly terrorized," said Amar. "For almost a year, we were left homeless. To this day, that Hamas terror Qassam attack still traumatizes my family - we will never be the same." The Israel marchers sang peace songs as they were photographed and interviewed by journalists coming from dozens of nations including the US, UK, France, Israel, Spain, Canada, Brazil, Denmark, Sweden, Japan, China and Russia. "I believe that these people bring a message of peace. The children of Sderot have sent messages to the children of Gaza. Israel doesn't want war; it wants to live in peace with its neighbors – the launching of rockets into Israel must cease," said a Zambian member of parliament. "We come to Sderot with a message of peace, one year after the war," Edelstein said. "Sadly, the shooting continues, but we seek peace." Israel Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz
submitted for Cabinet approval, an aid package for Sderot and
the communities in the area adjacent to the Gaza Strip. The basket
of benefits is worth approximately NIS 190 million. Additionally,
approximately NIS 150 will be invested in the structural reinforcement
of educational institutions in follow-up of previous decisions. Local authorities will also receive special grants in order to deal with the consequences of the security situation. Sderot, Israel
will receive NIS 9 million, other local communities NIS 6 million.
This is in accordance with the decision's underlying basis, that
of changing the balance of Government investments in the area
from current budgets to regional infrastructures and development. "On September 12, 2005, the last Israeli soldier left Gaza in a unilateral peace move," said Avi Levy, a student from Tel Aviv University. "What
Israel got in return from leaving Gaza was not peace but rather
12,000 terror rockets. Hamas does not seek land. This is not a
dispute over territory. Hamas wants every Jew and Christian dead.
They see us as "infidels" - no different than those
who attacked New York and Washington during 9/11 and those Islamic
terrorists who attacked London, Turkey and Paris with bombs. We
need moderate Muslims to reach and reason with their brothers
who are murdering innocent children and creating a disaster for
the people of Gaza."
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