It will be six years this August since the expulsion of the 10,000 Jews from 21 beautiful communities in Gush Katif/Gaza and the Shomron. The majority are still living in caravan (trailer) towns like Nitzan, close enough to Gaza to be impacted constantly by the kassam rockets being fired daily into the Negev. Since their homes are so flimsy, obviously without "safe rooms" , the government sent old sewer pipes to the town to be used as shelters when the red alert sounds, warning of an incoming rocket. Moshe Saperstein, a veteran of the Yom Kippur war, where he lost his right arm, and a terror attack that cost him some fingers on his left hand, named the sewers the "sewervillas." This is his attempt at turning an absurdity into something tolerable. Just as the caravans have been named "caravillas", so the sewer pipes are "sewervillas." Moshe has sworn not to crawl into the sewer pipes when hearing the red alert. He believes they are for rats, not for humans. Find below Rachel Saperstein's latest letter describing life on the battleground, almost six years since the expulsion from Gush Katif was supposed to bring "peace." 
Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Americans for a Safe Israel
Americans For a Safe Israel
1751 Second Avenue (91st Street)
New York, NY 10128
Tel: 212-828-2424; 800-235-3658; Fax: 212-828-4538
Contact: Helen Freedman, Executive Director
April 12, 2011
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