If you watch the news or read the newspaper, you know that Sderot is under attack once again. The weapon of choice comes from the skies. It is called the Kassam (or Qassam) rocket, and thousands of them have landing in Israel. In America you have a certain mental image.

We had gone to the market to pick up a few things but there was no bread in the first market so I walked over to the other market and left my co-worker still shopping in the first market. I got my bread and made my way up to the.

The current cease fire between Hamas and Israel is due to expire December 19, 2008, just two days before the beginning of Hanukah. One must first understand the Islamic concept of a “Hudna” or ‘Cease Fire”. The Islamic Hudna is a lying down of arms for a time so they.

In a article published on the Jerusalem Post web site on 6 December 2008 a government official was quoted as saying “Now is not the time for a large-scale operation, although this could change the moment many people are killed in a Kassam attack," How many people have to die.

As the sun was setting and Shabbat was beginning Friday night, the peace and quite that comes with Shabbat was broken by a “Tseva Adom” as Shabbat prayer were being said. Nine Kassam rockets were fired at the western Negev The first one on Friday came as the markets were.