Isreality check: Bellicose and oblivious
1. Israelity check by Jan McGirk
Open Democracy :: 31 July 2006
People in Jerusalem are keeping a nervous eye on the “situation”. But – amid thousands of evacuees from the north, the diplomatic fallout of the Qana massacre, and the distant threat of Hizbollah rockets – life in Israel goes on, finds just-arrived Jan McGirk.
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2. Falling between the cracks by Khadija Magardie
Mail and Guardian :: 2 August 2006
Fire and brimstone rained down on northern Israel throughout most of this week. And as air-raid sirens sounded and rockets slammed into the country from Hizbullah positions in Lebanon, the state unfurled its extensive safety net.
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) Home Front Command this week issued a list of safety recommendations via television and newspapers — including step-by-step instructions on what to do when the sirens sound, and -estimates of how long it takes launched missiles to reach their targets.
Down south, in the Gaza Strip, with 1,3-million people the most densely populated piece of land on Earth — and the terrain of IDF -military incursions for decades — residents will hear no air-raid sirens, and have no protective bunkers to hide in. There simply aren’t any.
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