Supporting Sderot

February 24, 2008 - 1:30 PM by

Last week we blogged about plans for a mass Friday shopping expedition to Sderot to help support local merchants. Unrelenting rocket barrages have nearly destroyed local business.

photo: Zeev Trachtman

Turnout was pretty darned impressive…Hebrew press reports estimate 12,000 Israelis drove down to the city and spent a combined 6.5 million shekels (approx $1.8 million) on Friday.

“This is unbelievable,” one shopkeeper told press. “The city is alive again!”

“We heard about the convoy the night before,” Ron Edelheit, head of Israel’s Harley Club, told press. “We can’t load the bikes up with a lot of stuff but we spent money regardless.”

The city’s mayor, several basketball celebrities, author David Grossman and other notables turned out to show support. That and a whole lot of regular, generous folk.

No rockets fell on Friday, luckily. But a few were launched into the city’s industrial zone last night.

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