sderot

Sderot lies {{Convert|1|km|miles}} from the Gaza Strip and the town of Beit Hanoun.

The Israeli Negev Brigade had depopulated the area on which Sderot would be built on between the 2 May and 13 May 1948, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, expelling the 422 Muslim farmers there who cultivated citrus, bananas and cereals from the Palestinian village of Najd. The latter were relocated in Gaza as refugees.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25632612|title=All that remains : the Palestinian villages occupied and depopulated by Israel in 1948|date=1992|publisher=Institute for Palestine Studies|others=Khalidi, Walid.|isbn=0-88728-224-5|location=Washington, D.C.|oclc=25632612}}Julie Peteet, [https://books.google.com/books?id=NxeUDwAAQBAJ&dq=sderot%2Bnajd&pg=PA214 'Engaging Evil and Excess in Israel/Palestine,'] in William C.Olson, Thomas J. Csordas (eds.,) ''Engaging Evil: A Moral Anthropology,' Berghahn Books 2019 {{isbn|978-1-789-20213-7}} pp199-223 pp.213-214.Robert Fisk, [https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/the-suffering-of-sderot-how-its-true-inhabitants-were-wiped-from-israel-s-maps-and-memories-8348734.html The suffering of Sderot: how its true inhabitants were wiped from Israel's maps and memories] The Independent 26 November 2012.

Sderot was founded in 1951 as a transit camp for Jewish immigrants, primarily from Kurdistan and Iran. The settlement initially housed 80 families and was originally called Gabim Dorot,Israel Directory, Miksam Limited, 2003 p.212. before later being renamed Sderot, a symbolic nod to the numerous avenues of trees planted in the Negev to combat desertification and beautify the arid landscape. Like many localities in the Negev, a green motif was chosen in keeping with the Zionist vision of "making the desert bloom."

The development served as part of a chain of settlements designed to block infiltration from Gaza.Anton La Guardia, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fi8qtb7qcEMC&pg=PT311 Holy Land, Unholy War: Israelis and Palestinians,] Penguin 2007 p.311 Permanent housing was completed three years later, in 1954.

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From the mid-1950s, the town attracted many Moroccan Jews.{{cite web |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_&_Culture/geo/Sderot.html|title=Sderot - Jewish Virtual Library |work=jewishvirtuallibrary.org}} Romanian Jewish immigrants also began settling in Sderot. In 1956, Sderot was recognized as a local council. In the 1961 census, North African immigrants, mostly from Morocco, made up 87% of the population, with 11% from Kurdistan.

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Sderot absorbed another large wave of immigrants, from the former Soviet Union, during the 1990s post-Soviet aliyah. Immigrants from Ethiopia also arrived during this time, doubling its population. In 1996, it was declared a city. A number of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip were resettled in Sderot beginning in 1997 after cooperating with the Shin Bet.

{{See also|Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel|Gaza war}}

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From 2001, in the beginning stage of the Second Intifada, the city was a target for rockets from the Gaza Strip.{{cite web | url= http://www.jpost.com/Features/In-Thespotlight/This-Week-in-History-The-first-Kassam-hits-Sderot |title = This Week in History: The first Kassam hits Sderot - Features - Jerusalem Post| date=April 15, 2011 }} Rocket fire intensified after the Israeli disengagement from Gaza in 2005,{{cite web | url=https://www.jta.org/2006/12/05/archive/as-the-rockets-continue-to-fall-anxiety-and-depression-grip-sderot | title=As the Rockets Continue to Fall, Anxiety and Depression Grip Sderot| date=2006-12-05}} with the city sustaining constant rocket fire from Qassam rockets launched by Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

In May 2007, a significant increase in shelling from Gaza prompted the temporary evacuation of thousands of residents. By November 23, 2007, 6,311 rockets had fallen on the city. Yediot Ahronoth reported that during the summer of 2007, 3,000 of the city's 22,000 residents (consisting mostly of the city's key upper and middle class residents) left for other areas, out of Qassam rocket range. Russian billionaire Arcadi Gaydamak organised a series of relief programs for residents unable to leave.

On December 12, 2007, after more than 20 rockets landed in the Sderot area in a single day, including a direct hit to one of the main avenues, Sderot mayor Eli Moyal announced his resignation, citing the government's failure to halt the rocket attacks. Moyal was persuaded to retract his resignation.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

In a gesture of solidarity, El Al (Israel's national airline) named one of its Boeing 777 passenger planes Sderot (4X-ECE).

In January 2008, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York organized a display of 4,200 red balloons outside the headquarters of the United Nations. Each balloon represented a Qassam rocket that had been fired into Sderot, where for years the town and its surrounding area have been under near-constant bombardment by thousands of rockets and mortar shells fired from Gaza. Consul David Saranga, who conceptualized the display, said he used the balloons as an opportunity to call upon the international community to stop ignoring what's happening in Israel. The balloon display made headlines in New York City papers as well as international publications.

In January 2008, British journalist Seth Freedman of The Guardian described Sderot as a city of near-deserted streets and empty malls and cafes.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jan/18/sderotbeseigedandabandoned|title=Sderot: {{sic|besei|ged|nolink=y}} and abandoned|first=Seth|last=Freedman|newspaper=The Guardian |date=January 18, 2008|access-date=August 18, 2019|via=www.theguardian.com}} In March 2008, the mayor said that the population had dropped by 10–15%, while aid organizations said the figure was closer to 25%. Many of the families that remained were those who could not afford to move out or were unable to sell their homes. Studies found that air raid sirens and explosions have caused severe psychological trauma in some residents. According to a study carried out at Sapir Academic College in 2007, some 75% of residents aged 4–18 were suffering from PTSD, including sleeping disorders and severe anxiety, in the wake of rocket attacks on the city, and 1,000 residents were receiving psychiatric treatment at the community mental health center.{{cite web|url=http://www.irinnews.org/report/76438/israel-opt-relentless-rocket-attacks-take-psychological-toll-on-children-in-sderot#sthash.MEKDqNXC.dpuf|title=IRIN Middle East - ISRAEL-OPT: Relentless rocket attacks take psychological toll on children in Sderot - Israel - OPT - Children - Conflict - Health & Nutrition|work=IRINnews|date=2008-01-27}} From mid-June 2007 to mid-February 2008, 771 rockets and 857 mortar bombs were fired at Sderot and the western Negev, an average of three or four each a day.

During the Gaza War in December 2008 and January 2009, between 50 and 60 rockets were fired at Sderot per week, causing about half the city's residents to temporarily evacuate. The war ended regular rocket fire from Gaza and the city experienced a revitalization. By 2009, demand for apartments was outweighing supply, a new sports complex largely funded by donor aid had opened, a new shopping mall was being built, and the assistance that the city had received due to concern over the years of rocket fire meant that Sderot now had better community, educational, and recreational services than many other Negev development towns.{{Cite journal | url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2009/1231/In-Israel-embattled-Sderot-comes-back-to-life-after-rocket-barrages-of-Gaza-war |title = In Israel, embattled Sderot comes back to life after rocket barrages of Gaza war|journal = Christian Science Monitor|date = 2009-12-31}} The city sustained rocket fire on occasion over the following years, including during Operation Protective Edge.{{cite web | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-rocket-battered-sderot-waiting-for-the-next-war/ | title=In rocket-battered Sderot, waiting for the next war| website=The Times of Israel}}

In 2010, after a decline in charitable donations, the municipality revealed that it was on the verge of bankruptcy.

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In 2011, a Sderot resident filed a million dollar lawsuit against two Canadian organizations raising funds for a Canadian ship to join the Gaza flotilla. According to the lawyers, "The Canadian Boat's raison d'être is to aid and abet the terrorist organization that rules Gaza." The suit alleges that these actions violate Canadian laws that prohibit aid to terror groups.

{{Anchor|Sderot cinema}}"Sderot cinema" is a name given to gatherings at a hill in Sderot, where over 50 locals would come to watch the bombing of the Gaza strip during the last four wars.{{cite web |quote=On a panoramic ridge facing west on the edge of town, home to a nursery school, Sderot's residents used to gather during the four previous wars between Israel and Hamas since the group seized control of the strip in 2007. They had cheered and whistled as the bombs rained down on Gaza's trapped civilians, sipping beers and settling in as though watching a fireworks display as the conflicts unfolded less than a mile away in Beit Hanoun, a town in the strip’s north-east corner during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict. |first1=Bethan |last1=McKernan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/04/four-weeks-on-horror-lingers-in-israels-silent-kibbutzim |title=Four weeks on, horror lingers in Israel's silent kibbutzim |work= The Guardian |date=2023-11-04 |accessdate=2023-11-18}}{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/07/13/israel-sderot-gaza_n_5582032.html|title=These Israelis Eat Popcorn At 'Sderot Cinema' As They Watch Bombs Fall On Gaza|work=The Huffington Post UK|date=2014-07-13}}{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/locals-cheer-bombing-from-sderot-cinema-as-israel-steps-up-attacks-on-hamas-in-gaza-strip/story-fnh81ifq-1226988013066|title=Popcorn at front-row seats of war|date=13 July 2014|work=NewsComAu}} The name was coined by a Danish journalist who snapped a photo of it and posted it on Twitter.{{cite web|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2014/07/12/Picture-purporting-to-show-Israelis-cheering-missile-Gaza-strikes-goes-viral.html|title=Al Aravya: 'Sderot cinema:' Israelis watch latest from Gaza|work=alarabiya.net|date=12 July 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/2014-07-11/when-bombs-receive-applause|title=When bombs receive applause|work=Kristeligt Dagblad|date=2014-07-11}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protective-Edge/Twitter-photo-showing-Israelis-cheering-Gaza-bombing-goes-viral-362474|title=Twitter photo showing Israelis 'cheering' Gaza bombing goes viral|work=The Jerusalem Post - JPost.com|date=July 12, 2014 }} Similar events happened in Operation Cast Lead in 2009,[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/world/middleeast/israelis-watch-bombs-drop-on-gaza-from-front-row-seats.html?_r=0 Israelis Watch Bombs Drop on Gaza From Front-Row Seats]. New York Times, 14 July 2014 after which some critics decided to refer to the hill as "Hill of Shame".[http://www.miftah.org/display.cfm?DocId=18589&CategoryId=5 Hill of Shame where Gaza bombing is spectator sport]. Martin Fletcher and Yonit Farago, The Times, 13 January 2009 Sderot residents have complained about the media portrayal.{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israelis-gather-hill-watch-gaza-strip-670043702|title=Viewers at 'Sderot cinema' complain over media portrayal|work=Middle East Eye}}

In May 2019, the Israeli Air Force held a special flypast (aerial display) over Sderot (in addition to Yom Ha'atzmaut flypast), in order to salute the residents of Sderot who suffer continuously from Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas gunmen attacked Sderot, engaging in firefights with Israeli police and civilians in the streets and occupying the town's police station.">{{Cite news |date=7 October 2023 |work=Trend News Agency |title=Armed group from Gaza seizes police station in Israel's Sderot |url=https://en.trend.az/world/israel/3808401.html |access-date=7 October 2023 }} About eighteen members of the Israeli police were killed during the fighting.{{Cite news |last1=Zitun |first1=Yoav |last2=Curiel |first2=Ilana |last3=Ben Kimon |first3=Elisha |last4=Turgeman |first4=Meir |last5=Moskovitz |first5=Israel |last6=Green Shaulov |first6=Roni |date=2023-10-07 |title=Commanders, soldiers, police officers: The names of the heroes who died defending Israel |language=en |work=Ynetnews |url=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1rxsrj11a |access-date=2023-10-19}} Fighting continued through the night until security forces retook the police station, which was demolished in case more terrorists remained inside. Early estimates stated that at least 20 civilians were killed as they were waiting at bus stops, walking down the street, and driving in their cars.{{Cite news |last1=Cardia |first1=Alexander |last2=Khavin |first2=Dmitriy |last3=Blumenfeld |first3=David |date=2023-10-10 |title=Video: 'Everyone Died': How Gunmen Killed Dozens In Sderot |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009124862/palestinian-gunmen-killing-sderot.html |access-date=2023-10-19 |issn=0362-4331}} Of the 36,000 residents of the city, 90% were evacuated during the days after the massacre.{{cite news |last1=Keinon |first1=Herb |title=Paradigms will need to shift for Sderot to be reborn - analysis |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-768509 |access-date=19 October 2023 |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |date=15 October 2023}}

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), in 2010 the city had a population of 21,900. The national makeup of the city was 94% Jewish, 5.5% other non-Arabs, and Arabs less than 1%. There were 10,600 males and 10,500 females. The population growth rate in 2010 was 0.5%.

In 2008, the average wage for a salaried worker in Sderot was {{Currency|5,261|ILS|linked=yes}}.

Hollandia International, founded in 1981, a company that manufactures and exports high-end mattresses, moved its sole manufacturing center to Sderot in the 1990s. After 11 years there, it decided in 2008 to relocate due to rocket attacks that hit the city and the factory.{{cite news |title=Hollandia factory to leave Sderot |date=20 January 2008 |url= https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/1,7340,L-3496320,00.html |work=Ynetnews |access-date=8 October 2023}}

The Osem plant in Sderot, opened in 1981, is the region's major employer, with 480 workers. 170 products are manufactured there, including Bamba, Bisli, Mana Hama instant noodle and rice dishes, instant soup powders, shkedei marak, ketchup and sauces.

The Menorah Candle factory located in Sderot exports Hanukkah candles all over the world.

Nestlé maintains a research and development facility in Sderot, established in 2002. Its production facilities for breakfast cereals are also located in Sderot.

Amdocs has a plant in the Sderot and an industrial zone is under development.

In 2012, the government approved nearly $59 million worth of economic benefits for Sderot to strengthen the economy, boost employment and subsidize psycho-social programs for the city's residents.

An unusually high ratio of singers, instrumentalists, composers and poets have come from Sderot.

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Several popular bands have been formed by musicians who practiced in Sderot's bomb shelters as teenagers. As an immigrant town with high unemployment experiencing a dramatic musical success, as bands blend international sounds with the music of their Moroccan immigrant parents, it has been compared to Liverpool in the 1960s. Among the notable bands are Teapacks Knesiyat Hasekhel and Sfatayim.{{cite web|url=http://www.israel-music.com/sefatayim/ |title=Sefatayim |publisher=Israel-music.com |access-date=2010-04-04}} Well-known musicians from Sderot include Shlomo Bar, Kobi Oz, Haïm Ulliel and Smadar Levi.

The winner of the Israeli version of "American Idol" 2011 was Hagit Yaso, a local Sderot singer of Ethiopian origin.

Israeli poet Shimon Adaf was born in Sderot, as well as the actor and entertainer Maor Cohen. Adaf dedicated a poem to the city in his 1997 book Icarus' Monologue.

In 2007, Jewish-American documentary filmmaker Laura Bialis immigrated to Israel, and decided to settle in Sderot "to find out what it means to live in a never-ending war, and to document the lives and music of musicians under fire". Her film Sderot: Rock in the Red Zone focuses on young musicians living under the daily threat of Qassams.

Politically, the town leans heavily to the right.{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/likud-in-jerusalem-zionist-union-in-tel-aviv/|title=Likud in Jerusalem, Zionist Union in Tel Aviv|work=The Times of Israel}}

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Sderot is accessible by Highway 34 and Route 232.

The Ashkelon–Beersheba railway, a new railway line which connected Sderot with Tel Aviv and Beersheba, was inaugurated in December 2013. The Sderot railway station located on the outskirts of the city at the southern entrance, was opened on December 24, 2013. It is the first in Israel to be armored against rocket fire.

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According to CBS, there are 14 schools and 3,578 students in the city. They are spread out as eleven elementary schools and 2,099 elementary school students, and six high schools and 1,479 high school students.{{clarify|date=October 2023|reason=11+6=17, not 14 schools}} 56.5% of 12th grade students were entitled to a matriculation certificate in 2001. Sapir Academic College and the Hesder Yeshiva of Sderot are located in Sderot. All schools in the city and 120 bus stops have been fortified against missile attacks.

Sderot is twinned with:

• {{flagicon|FRA}} Antony, France
• {{flagicon|GER}} Zehlendorf (Berlin), Germany[http://derberliton.de/200906102585/Berlin/2585-sderotplatz-in-zehlendorf Sderotplatz in Zehlendorf] June 10, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2012.

==People==

• Miri Bohadana, model
• Kim Edri, beauty queen, and former Miss Israel
• Kobi Oz, musician
• Amir Peretz, politician former defense minister
• Hagit Yaso, singer

• List of Israeli twin towns and sister cities
• Merkhav Mugan
• Sderot Cinematheque

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• {{cite book |last=HaReuveni |first=Immanuel |year=1999 |title=Lexicon of the Land of Israel|publisher=Yedioth Ahronoth Publishing|isbn=965-448-413-7|language=he |ref=refHaReuveni}}
• {{cite book |editor=Avi Sasson |year=2010 |title=Sderot |publisher=Ariel Publishing and Makom Company|language=he |ref=refSasson}}

{{Commons category|Sderot}}

• [http://sderot.worldmedianetworks.com/ Sderot Media Center] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926211356/http://sderot.worldmedianetworks.com/ |date=September 26, 2015 }}
• [http://www.othervoice.org/welcome-eng.htm The Other Voice]
• [http://hopeforsderot.com/ Humanitarian aid organization in Sderot]
• [http://sderotmovie.com/ Sderot; The Movie]
• [http://www.short.co.il/ Sderot portal—Hebrew] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161016013121/http://www.short.co.il/ |date=October 16, 2016 }}
• [http://www.sderotmedia.com/ Sderot Information Center for the Western Negev]
• [http://www.matesderot.co.il/index_en.asp The committee for a secure Sderot]
• [http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/postglobal/america/2007/12/israeli_soldiers_us_sderot_terrorism.html Sderot in The Washington Post]
• [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/world/middleeast/12israel.html Sderot Journal: An Israeli Playground, Fortified Against Rockets]

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