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Many of the Jewish residents from Gaza who were removed by the Israeli Government during the "Disengagement" were relocated to temporary housing in Nitzan (3 years in temporary housing with no solution is another issue).
The problem is their temporary housing is made totally of sheetrock, and there are no shelters or concrete walls in case of the falling rockets from Gaza.
Today, the IDF Homefront command brought in concrete sewage pipes as a temporary measure...
I found that at The Muqata, where the Muqata Staff is live blogging the War around the clock.
The picture just hit me hard, after all, this is really the end result of the stupidity of the "disengagement" and that photo really makes the point. Imagine, your government kicks you out of your home and off your land to give it to terrorists who want to kill you and your family and your people. In return for taking your home, your land, and your livelihood, the Government promises you a new house, and enough land to rebuild your farm, and your life but instead puts you in a temporary house made of what amounts to compacted dust and cardboard and charges you rent while you wait for the promised home and land. And then, when the terrorists bomb your new temporary neighborhood from your old neighborhood, your Government gives you a sewage pipe to protect you and your children. And you are, of course, grateful.
When the Israeli Government gave Gaza to the Palestinians, we knew that Gaza would become a terrorist state and it has. The Palestinians are terrorists, with one goal, to destroy Israel, and cleanse the land of Jews. Hamas is no different from Fatah. There is no such thing as a moderate terrorist. No matter which one kills you, you are still dead.
Follow that link for The Mugata -- very detailed live blogging of the conflict. -- M.R.
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A symbolic gesture, no doubt.
The concrete pipe provides reasonably good blast protection against the smaller rockets likely to be lobbed by the terrorists. The Israeli government should therefore be commended for at least doing something.
If Israeli neighborhoods view the pipe as a primary component of of a shelter system, rather than a complete shelter in and of itself, there are a number of things that can be done to greatly improve the protection level.
-For radiological protection cap the ends with plywood/sheet metal/ferroconcrete. Construct entrance tunnels at a 90 degree bend to the sewer pipe and then bury the whole shelter under a mound of soil, gravel, or sand.
Three feet if soil provides excellent radiological shielding for the necessary sheltering duration. Also store plenty of drinking water inside or near the shelter entrances in large plastic containers along with a couple weeks supply of canned and dried food. Throw in some warm blankets, a first aid kit, a transistor radio, plenty of garbage bags, some potassium iodide tablets, a toilet seat and a large plastic bucket (combined with the garbage bags these items make a fair toilet).
Also see the free online Nuclear War Survival Skills book for more great tips.
Israel will always be Israel.
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