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...quixotic, being a peace activist in Sderot, an Israeli town that has borne the brunt of rocket attacks from Gaza. When Israeli air strikes on Gaza began last month, hundreds of people from Sderot swarmed to a vantage point known as Horseman's Hill to watch the fiery spectacle and cheer. Nomika Zion was not among them. "I listened to one of my neighbors telling Israeli TV that the sound of the bombing was like a symphony, that he's never heard such powerful music before," she says. "And I was thinking, How many people are dying because of that...
Zion and a local entrepreneur, Eric Yellin, who is blogging and phoning peace-minded Gazans, are among the very few people in Sderot - and in all of Israel, for that matter - who opposed the 22-day offensive into Gaza, which ended on Jan. 18 in the shakiest of cease-fires. Lately, Zion has rarely gone out. When she did leave home, she was often forced to dive into the bunker of her suburban house - Sderot was hammered by 203 rockets during the fighting. And if, despite the risks, she got to Sderot's flag-festooned marketplace, she was often cursed...
...Back in Sderot, Zion still doesn't dare go too far from her bunker, which she has converted into a cozy study, decorated with drawings from Sderot's children. The cease-fire in Gaza could end any moment, and rockets could crash down again. "I've got five seconds, maybe less, to reach my bunker before a rocket hits," says Zion. "Enough with this music of vengeance...
...rockets arcing out of Gaza. Hamas' Gaza leader Ismail Haniyeh claimed a "popular victory" over Israel. Up until the last minute before Israel declared its cease-fire, Hamas was firing rockets. Five hit the ports of Ashkelon and Ashdod as well as the inland towns of Beersheba and Sderot. And unless Hamas is obliged by Egypt and other Arab states to sign a truce with Israel, rather than following Israel's example of declaring its own, it may be only days or weeks before the Islamists or any of the myriad militant groups in Gaza decide to take revenge...
...arrival of Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. Joe the Plumber, at the Israeli border town of Sderot on Sunday caused a minor sensation among the members of the foreign press who were camped out there. Wurzelbacher, who got his first 15 minutes of fame as a prop for John McCain during last year's U.S. election campaign, has swapped his plunger for a reporter's notebook on a mission to cover the Gaza war for the conservative website Pajamas TV. Unable to see much of the fighting himself, Wurzelbacher - who during the election campaign warned that a vote for Barack Obama...