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May 2018 |
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Recently, sirens
have sounded throughout the communities
surrounding the Gaza Strip, warning
residents to take shelter from the
hundreds of rockets and mortar
shells fired on Israel from Gaza.
Once again the routine of life has been
disrupted, sleep is restless, hours are
spent in protected spaces, there will be
young children who will suffer
trauma and the trauma of
four years ago will be triggered in
older children.
In a radio interview on May 30,
Wednesday morning, Head of the Sdot
Negev Regional Council Tamir Idan said,
"Zionism is in the blood of the
residents here. No one can make us give
up — not one hundred nor one thousand
missiles can make us move from here and
stop developing the region."
Tami Halevi, a resident of Kibbutz Nahal
Oz for 60 years and chairman of the
Sha'ar Hanegev Association: "After
Operation Protective Edge there was
quiet. We absorbed 20 families, with
many more on the way . . . Nahal Oz is
an amazing community and we will
continue to grow, strengthening the
community and absorbing new families.
This is a gem of a place."
KKL-JNF has stood with the Gaza
envelop communities from the start and
supports and facilitates their
development and quality of life.
Following the emergency situation on the
northern border, KKL-JNF responded
immediately to the needs of the
residents' of the Golan and launched
worldwide campaigns for
100 mobile bomb shelters.
KKL-JNF Official Site |
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can find a variety of marketing
materials to promote
projects for donation for the people
who live on the borders, contributing to
strengthening the region, enlarging
communities and creating quality living
environments that attract families to
make their homes there. These include •
texts • maps indicating the range of
rocket fire • banners • slogans •
KKL-JNF's involvement in each region •
campaign ideas
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Throughout the years, KKL-JNF has worked on behalf of the residents of confrontation line communities in the southern and northern regions. Its many areas of activity has included preparing land for agriculture and housing in new and veteran communities, enabling them to absorb new families, thereby strengthening the periphery • developing public open spaces for quality of life in urban centers and periphery communities and their adjacent forests • developing tourism infrastructure • developing agricultural security roads in cooperation with relevant ministries • planting life-saving security trees in cooperation with the IDF • and developing informal education initiatives.
In times of emergency KKL-JNF responds to the immediate needs of the country and those of the region's residents. These include: building bomb-proof play areas and rooms for kindergartens and nursery schools, purchasing and installing portable bomb shelters as required, hosting children from vulnerable areas at KKL-JNF Field and Forest centers and providing supervised activities for the children confined to bomb shelters that contribute to reducing stress and related damage to health incurred by living in the volatile region.
Indeed, one of KKL-JNF major contributions is in helping people lead normal lives, with activities providing fun and recreation and our forests providing calm and tranquility. KKL-JNF leads the "fight for normalcy" in Israel—the best way to fight violence and terrorism.
KKL-JNF, together with its partners worldwide, is always there, supporting the residents of confrontation line communities through thick and thin, before, during and after military confrontations.
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It is important that we continue our efforts on
their behalf.
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