{"id":1430,"date":"2022-06-30T15:39:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T12:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsofsderot.org\/?p=1430"},"modified":"2022-07-07T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T07:31:05","slug":"sderot-flourishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsofsderot.org\/sderot-flourishing","title":{"rendered":"Sderot flourishing in the crosshairs of Hamas terror"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1430\" class=\"elementor elementor-1430\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2abc2c17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2abc2c17\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ea753e\" data-id=\"1ea753e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79b46196 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79b46196\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Around 30,000 people live in Sderot and most plan on staying, despite living under the constant threat of rocket attacks from Gaza.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>BY\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/writers\/judy-lash-balint\/\">JUDY LASH BALINT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/sderot-flourishing-in-the-crosshairs-of-hamas-terror\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">(June 23, 2022\u00a0\/\u00a0JNS)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>In any other country, Sderot would be just an idyllic, well-maintained small town. 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