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• November 23, 2008
• 15:39

  Regards from Another Planet

   » ‎ The Muqata
  Participating in a Maged David Adom emergency medicine seminar offered me the unique opportunity to see Israel from down south...as our seminar was moved here, to Ashkelon, at the last minute.
  
  This isn't a different area of Israel, but a different planet. The area we're staying in -- southern Ashkelon, only a few miles from the Gaza strip, is not just a virtual ghost town, but a different planet, with rules of its own. Our 5 star hotel is booked by MDA...and the EU. Over a dozen "diplomatic" EU vehicles are parked outside, all used for jaunts into Gaza, to see the wonderful paradise the EU helped create. Why the EU stays in Israel in Ashkelon, instead of Gaza, is a mystery.
  
  Upon starting our seminar, the ground rules were given out -- what to do in case of rocket attacks. Here in Ashkelon, a wailing up and down air-raid siren informs us we have less than 20 seconds to seek shelter. The ranking MDA official told us that just yesterday, it was sounded, so he's pretty confident the system is working correctly.
  
  Meanwhile, the course has already been extremely informative, as I learned about the following conditions (among other things)
  
  Ulticaria
  Reasons for Club fingers
  HyperThyroidism
  Marfon Syndrome
  Cushing's Syndrome
  
  And...(I found this important) if someone is suffering from fever convulsions, I should check their blood sugar level as well to ensure that hypoglycemia isn't starting.
  
  Regards from Qassam City,
  
  Jameel
  
  
  
  Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael טובה הארץ מאד מאד
• November 19, 2008
• 17:00

  IDF Flees Qassam Rockets

   » ‎ The Muqata
  In one of the more shameful acts of Israel's flight from terror, the IDF today closed its basic training "Zikim" facility in the Ashkelon-Gaza vicinity. This base had previously received it's share of Palestinian rockets, and a direct hit last year wounded 69 soldiers, some of them critically. Instead of retaliating, Israel's government and the IDF have chosen to flee.
  
  The flag lowering "ceremony" saw four of the seven company flags usually flying on the base taken down, as the "training facility" part of the base was officially closed.
  
  Though the IDF stated that "...the decision was made regardless of the rocket threat looming over the area, and that the fact that the base itself was hit by Qassam rockets several times, played no part in the decision," you would have to be rather naive to believe them.
  

  Former Zikim IDF company commanders stated that "...the overall feeling was that the IDF was fleeing the base. Civilians are dealing with rockets landing in this area everyday," said one officer, "it's only appropriate that the military will have recruits here."
  
  "If this was a legitimate ceremony you would have seen a lot more senior officers here, and probably the media," said another. "I guess the military is ashamed of what's going on."
  
  The Gaza vicinity communities were not too happy with the decision to vacate Zikim either: "Whatever the reason, you have to think about how Hamas is seeing this move," one of the communities' security director told Ynet. "In their eyes it's a victory." (YNET)

  This reminds me of how during the September 2000 Palestinian war on Israel, the resident of the West Bank Jewish communities would drive around in their regular cars, while the IDF would only allow their soldiers to drive in armored cars.
  
  The IDF now flees the Gaza Qassam rockets -- and the message from Israel's Government to the Gaza vicinity towns of Sederot and Ashkelon is; "good luck, don't forget to turn out the lights."
  
  Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael טובה הארץ מאד מאד
• November 18, 2008
• 16:42

  Change of Venue

   » ‎ The Muqata
  Got a phone call yesterday from the Magen David Adom district dispatcher -- concerning the annual 2 day Emergency Responder/EMT and Ambulance Driver refresher course I'm registered for this coming Sunday and Monday.
  
  "The venue has been changed from Jerusalem, we just wanted to make sure that's ok with you", the caller said.
  
  "OK, where has it been changed to?"
  
  "Ashkelon," the MDA representative told me, "and make sure to bring your ambulance driver's license, as you're all going to be on-call..."
  
  With the sudden increase of rocket attacks from Gaza towards Sederot and Ashkelon, what better way for MDA to prepare, than to move the entire course of over 100 EMTs to Ashkelon?
  
  "Is the convention center in Ashkelon rocket proof?" I asked.
  
  The MDA person had no idea...
  
  Replaying this conversation to my wife, she admonished me. "What a question! You drive everywhere, don't drive a bullet proof car, go all over the country...volunteer up north during the 2cnd Lebanon war, visited non-rocket-proof homes in Gush Katif, and now for MDA, you're suddenly asking if the convention center is rocket proof?!"
  
  She's 100% correct...and I don't know why I asked. Perhaps the media is doing such a fine job of describing how bad it is there, that it subconsciously sinks in.
  
  Rocket proof or not, I'll be there on Sunday. Let's hope its quiet.
  
  
  
  Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael טובה הארץ מאד מאד