“Israelis gathered on a hilltop outside the town of Sderot on Monday to watch the bombardment of Gaza” in 2014. Andrew Burton/Getty Images
Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), a worthy-sounding broadcaster which began life back in 1917 with the aim of sharing the educational resources of the University of Wisconsin with the state’s residents and now inspires communities around the world, has been feeding its listeners a load of old toffee about a place called Sderot, an Israeli township a stone’s throw from Gaza.
As WPR reports, it was attacked by the Palestinian resistance on October 7 and “almost completely emptied… most of Sderot’s 39,000 residents were evacuated to hotels across the country.”
They are now returning thanks in part to the schools re-opening and the inconvenience of living so long in hotels. “Those who come back are also receiving grants from the government…
