Amidst escalating tensions from the radical Somali Islamic terrorist organization, al-Shabaab, a Kenyan delegation of parliament members, top security officials, and diplomats toured the Gaza-border city of Sderot yesterday to gain an in-depth look into how the Jewish state implements security measures against radical Islamic terrorist attacks. This week, al-Shabaab issued a warning to Kenya that the terrorist organization was going to attack the Kenyan capital city of Nairobi. "We...

Following four rocket and mortar attacks in southern Israel this week making it 230 attacks since the ceasefire on January 18th, ranking Republican member of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Texas Governor Rick Perry visited Sderot, Israel and the shut down Sderot Emergency Center accompanied by the yesterday. During the visit, Congresswoman Ros-Lehtinen noted the still apparent rocket threat, “It is only a ceasefire for Israel. It is...

As the rocket count after Operation Cast Lead climbs over 226 rockets and five Trauma Centers in the Sderot region are set to close down, five top Australian parliamentarians visited Sderot, Israel on Wednesday August 5th. Guided by the Sderot Media Center, Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs the Hon. Member of Parliament Julie Bishop, Members of Parliament Bruce Billson and Louise Markus, and Senators Simon Birmingham and Scott Ryan all visited residents of the trauma ridden city and the...

Huckabee ran against presidential hopeful John McCain in the Republican primary and has been mentioned as a possible running mate for McCain in the November elections. After making the traditional stop at the Sderot Police Dept.’s Qassam missile “museum,” Huckabee joined members of the Hesder Yeshiva and Sderot residents for lunch in the yeshiva’s bomb shelter, where he took in a film presented by Sderot Media Center director Noam Bedein. The film recounted the events...

Following a day tour in Gaza, members of Congress, Brian Baird (D-Washington) and Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) spent an hour in Sderot touring the city with Sderot Media Center director, Noam Bedein and staff on Friday, February 20. In Sderot, the Congressmen met with the Amar family whose home was destroyed in a Palestinian rocket attack in December 2007. Both US President Obama and Senator John McCain had visited the Amars during their tour of Sderot last year. 812 812 ...