Nadene Goldfoot
The worst of the latest attacks on Southern Israel was only 6 days ago on Wednesday when Hamas and other terrorists fired 69 missiles and rockets into southern Israel. Last Tuesday 47 were shot into Israel. 36 missiles and rockets rained into Israel during the following 3 days. What is happening with a barrage of missile attacks such as this is a follow-up of quick but restrained IDF retaliatation. Then there is some "relative calm" of an "un-honored ceasefire." In larger towns that have a warning siren of incoming rockets, the population has but only 15 seconds to scurry to a shelter.
Hamas rockets stopped a wedding at Kibbutz Alumim located in the NW Negev desert in the Sdot Negev area. which has fields that lie next to the security fence of Gaza and is 3 miles from Gaza. This is an agricultural kibbutz, as many along the fence are. You can often hear rocket fire here. During all this rocket firing of last the 650 guests and wedding party were forced to move the wedding from the kibbutz to a wedding hall in Petach Tikvah just a few hours before the wedding, which is only 7 miles from Tel Aviv. The managers of the wedding hall said "This is the fastest flash wedding we have ever had here."
Caterers and guests were directed to the new address and the wedding went on as planned. The couple took some wedding pictures in front of the Iron Dome battery, which is supposed to take out all incoming missiles aimed at Be'er Sheva and Ashkelon. At least they couldn't hear rocket explosions from their new location.
This modern orthodox kibbutz population has 90 families with 375 members of which 135 are children and of which 20% are from the United Kingdom. 400 people live here. It was started in 1966 as a border settlement with Egypt by Bnei Akiva youth movement members. The land had belonged to an orthodox Jewish group who had purchased it. The kibbutz also has a kosher guest house located in their lovely gardens of the kibbutz and has a kosher Bed and Breakfast facility. It also has its own synagogue, library, spacious dining hall and swimming pool. The residents live in little stucco houses and the weather is like Palm Springs. It's probably a lot like Kibbutz Degania Alef that I had visited in 1982.
Resource: Arutz Sheva news@israelnationalnews.com, "Ceasefire War" continues with Rocket Attack on Kibbutz , Kassam Rockets fail to Silence Wedding Bells, both by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu,
http://www.alumim.co.il/viewStaticPage.aspx?pageID=41
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumim
http://www.innsite.com/inns/A005459.html
http://jeffinisrael.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/kibbutz-alumim/
http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/Places+in+Israel
The worst of the latest attacks on Southern Israel was only 6 days ago on Wednesday when Hamas and other terrorists fired 69 missiles and rockets into southern Israel. Last Tuesday 47 were shot into Israel. 36 missiles and rockets rained into Israel during the following 3 days. What is happening with a barrage of missile attacks such as this is a follow-up of quick but restrained IDF retaliatation. Then there is some "relative calm" of an "un-honored ceasefire." In larger towns that have a warning siren of incoming rockets, the population has but only 15 seconds to scurry to a shelter.
Hamas rockets stopped a wedding at Kibbutz Alumim located in the NW Negev desert in the Sdot Negev area. which has fields that lie next to the security fence of Gaza and is 3 miles from Gaza. This is an agricultural kibbutz, as many along the fence are. You can often hear rocket fire here. During all this rocket firing of last the 650 guests and wedding party were forced to move the wedding from the kibbutz to a wedding hall in Petach Tikvah just a few hours before the wedding, which is only 7 miles from Tel Aviv. The managers of the wedding hall said "This is the fastest flash wedding we have ever had here."
Caterers and guests were directed to the new address and the wedding went on as planned. The couple took some wedding pictures in front of the Iron Dome battery, which is supposed to take out all incoming missiles aimed at Be'er Sheva and Ashkelon. At least they couldn't hear rocket explosions from their new location.
This modern orthodox kibbutz population has 90 families with 375 members of which 135 are children and of which 20% are from the United Kingdom. 400 people live here. It was started in 1966 as a border settlement with Egypt by Bnei Akiva youth movement members. The land had belonged to an orthodox Jewish group who had purchased it. The kibbutz also has a kosher guest house located in their lovely gardens of the kibbutz and has a kosher Bed and Breakfast facility. It also has its own synagogue, library, spacious dining hall and swimming pool. The residents live in little stucco houses and the weather is like Palm Springs. It's probably a lot like Kibbutz Degania Alef that I had visited in 1982.
Resource: Arutz Sheva news@israelnationalnews.com, "Ceasefire War" continues with Rocket Attack on Kibbutz , Kassam Rockets fail to Silence Wedding Bells, both by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu,
http://www.alumim.co.il/viewStaticPage.aspx?pageID=41
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alumim
http://www.innsite.com/inns/A005459.html
http://jeffinisrael.wordpress.com/2006/07/01/kibbutz-alumim/
http://www.jewishagency.org/JewishAgency/English/Jewish+Education/Compelling+Content/Eye+on+Israel/Places+in+Israel
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