Word: darom
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After the Kfar Darom attack, Israel sent helicopter gunships to bombard Dahlan's offices. But the reprisal triggered the sort of reaction Barak fears most: Egypt yanked its ambassador from Tel Aviv, and even his U.S. supporters questioned Israel's use of force. In Israel, however, the reaction was different: 100,000 demonstrators converged on Jerusalem to demand a tougher response...
...With reporting by Jamil Hamad/Jerusalem and Aharon Klein/Kfar Darom...
...children's sandbox in Kfar Darom was obviously built for peaceful times. It sits beneath a ficus tree, shaded from the Middle East sun. But these days the box is mostly empty, since the tree provides no cover from the "sniper house" across the road. Regular salvos from the second floor of the unfinished Palestinian house rake the settlement, home to 250 people...
...just during playtime that the children of Kfar Darom face harm. With the Palestinian tactic of attacking settlers in full swing, danger is always present. Last Tuesday a bomb ripped into an armored school bus, killing two teachers. Since the shooting began, Irit Zweig's three children crawl into her bed for comfort every night. "I'm afraid for them," says Zweig. "We are all in real danger, but we can't leave. This place belongs to Israel...
...stressful is the fact that life is filled with the tension and rage bred by living among people who hate your presence. Zweig's family lives in a small mobile home, and although she had a chance to live in a less controversial settlement, she turned it down. Kfar Darom's tenuous situation is part of the message: the settlers will give no ground...