Shopping in Sderot

August 19, 2007 - 11:34 AM by

What happens when you cross Israel’s favorite past-time, with a desire to help the people of Qassam-battered Sderot?  A day of shopping in Sderot of course.
On August 31, a convoy of people from across the country will take part in a mass-shopping spree in the southern town buying school supplies and groceries for the High Holidays, in an effort to jumpstart the town’s failing businesses.
The grassroots initiative was founded by Ilan Cohen, a Modi’in resident who couldn’t sleep one night after Sderot was hit badly by a series of rockets sent from the Gaza strip.
This is the third convoy Cohen has organized to the town. The first convoy took place three months ago, and was followed in July by a larger one of 300 cars.
Now Cohen is planning the biggest convoy of them all. Cars will depart from locations around the country and convene at Yad Mordechai parking lot ready to drive on to Sderot together.
Nice to know that Sderot hasn’t been completely forgotten.

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2 Comments on Shopping in Sderot

  1. David-Joe on Sun, Aug 19th 2007 2:14 PM

    2. The best way for Sderot to be helped is for the Israeli government to actually do its job.

    Thomas Jefferson stated that the sole reason for a government to exist is the protection of individual rights. Well, the people of Sderot are being rocketed and the Olmert clowns are more concerned with upsetting the international community and killing “innocent civilians” – enemy civilians.

    Given the power of the Israeli Army it is an utter disgrace, a moral crime, that the Arabs are allowed to rocket Israel. It is the lack of will to act properly that allows this to happen.

    Shopping? When did Israel come to this?

    Can anyone imagine what the Bush Administration would do if rockets started falling in El Paso from Mexico? Exactly.

  2. Gary Sakol on Mon, Feb 25th 2008 3:15 PM

    3. Dear Ilan,
    I am contacting you from the zionist Federation of Great Britain. We think this is a great initiative, and would love to chat with you about working together in the future. please email me to; mail@israelconnect.co.uk
    thanks

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