From Israel with Love: The High Price of Deceptive Peace

For decades, the sirens have dictated the rhythm of life in Southern Israel. For the families in Sderot, Ashkelon, and the kibbutzim dotting the Gaza envelope, the concept of a “peaceful weekend” has long been an oxymoron. We have lived under the shadow of a neighbor whose primary export is not goods or culture, but terror. This is the reality of “From Hamas with Love,” a twisted irony where the gift offered to the Jewish state is consistently one of fire, metal, and psychological warfare.

The Stolen Sabbath and the Iron Shield Imagine the arrival of Shabbat. In any other part of the world, this is a time for reflection, family, and rest. In Southern Israel, it has too often been a time of frantic sprints to fortified rooms. Little children, their eyes wide with a fear no child should know, are robbed of the simple dignity of sleeping in their own beds. They look to their parents and ask, “Mom, Dad, why can’t I sleep in my room tonight?” What answer can a parent give? How do you explain that across a fence, there are those who view your very existence as a provocation? The parents swallow their own anxiety, masking the trembling of their hands as they usher their toddlers into bombshelters. They pray for the Iron Dome, that miracle of Israeli ingenuity, to intercept the evil shelling once again. But while the Iron Dome saves lives, it........

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