THE SIEGE OF SDEROT CONTINUES

THE SIEGE OF SDEROT CONTINUES UNABATED

Sderot taxi drivers protest government's inaction

Drivers slowly make their way from rocket-battered city to cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, say 'if government fails to do something, we will start doing something'
Shmulik Hadad

Dozens of business owners and taxi drivers gathered in the center of Sderot on Sunday afternoon, carrying signs protesting the government's failure to deal with the ongoing rocket fire.


The protestors plan to slowly drive from the southern town to the cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.


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"Our children must not be abandoned" and "There is no security in Sderot" are only some of the slogans that could be seen on the cars making their way to the capital.

This is the first organized demonstration in Sderot since the start of the current escalation, after failed attempts to organize a demonstration for fear the crowds would be hit by rockets.

'Color Red' alert system activated (Photo: AP)

Aharon Orian, manager of the local taxi station, cannot remember such a difficult situation.

"It's impossible. The government must do something. If they don’t do something, we will do start doing something," he told Ynet.

According to Ya'akov Shoshani, another taxi driver, "There is only one thing we haven’t heard yet: A government commitment to stop the rocket fire at any cost. Instead, we hear that they want to give Abu Mazen (Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) rifles again. The Palestinians are sitting there in Beit Hanoun and laughing at us."

Roi Mandel contributed to the report

MEANWHILE..... ARABS THREATEN SLAUGHTER IF IDF RETALIATES:

Female suicide bombers 'eagerly await' IDF soldiers

(VIDEO) Islamic Jihad warns Israel of 'surprises' should IDF invade Gaza Strip; dozens of female suicide bombers eager to blow themselves up, take soldiers with them

Ali Waked

Published:

05.20.07, 11:37 / Israel News

VIDEO - Islamic Jihad's military branch released a warning Sunday morning that dozens of women were ready to defend the Palestinian people if the IDF invaded the Gaza Strip.

The organization said it was fully prepared to retaliate "if the Zionist enemy committed foolish acts against Palestinians in the Strip."

"The enemy's threat to act in the Strip will not be fruitful and their goals will not be achieved. The Palestinian organizations are at high alert to handle a Zionist attack in the Strip," the statement said.

Video clip released by the Islamic Jihad

Islamic Jihad also released a video clip in which a high-ranking Jihad official said that his organization has prepared dozens of female suicide bombers who were eager to blow themselves up along with IDF infantry troops if if Israel was to enter and operate in the Strip.

One of the women in the clip said that she would like to be the first to commit suicide on behalf of the Palestinian resistance against Israel.

She said that she was jealous of the suicide bombers who "received Allah's help in fulfilling successful missions, and we wish to follow in their footsteps. The enemy will be defeated if it invades the Strip."

An Islamic Jihad official told Ynet that the army of suicide bombers was only one of the "surprises" prepared for Israel, along with heavy barrages of longer-range rockets and suicide attacks inside Israel. "We have said, and we will repeat – an invasion into the Gaza Strip will be no walk in the park."

Over the last few years, especially since the Al-Aqsa intifada, terrorist organizations have started to use women on several occasions.

In 2004, Hanadi Jaradat, a 29-year-old lawyer from Jenin, detonated an explosive device in the center of the crowded Maxim restaurant in Haifa on a Saturday afternoon, killing 21 Israelis.

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What are we waiting for???? Surrendering Gaza to the terrorists was a blunder, everyone knows that. Just as predicted, attacks against Israeli civilians have increased as the palestinian terrorists use surrendered Israeli land to murder our children. There is only one solution.... "They Must Go! They Must Go! They Must Go! " (Blogmaster)