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Last update - 12:29 14/05/2008 40 families leaving Gaza border community after member killed By Fadi Eyadat, Mijal Grinberg and Yuval Azoulay Tags: Gaza, Kibbutz Kfar Aza  Some 40 families from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, near the Gaza Strip, have decided to leave the area. "We decided to leave the kibbutz until things quiet down, and unfortunately, it will be with white flags," Dudi Doron, a member of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, said Tuesday. "Neither I nor my children will be Israel's hostages. We will come back when there is a solution to life," Doron said. Last night, like every night since Friday, when kibbutz member Jimmy Kedoshim was killed by mortar fire while standing in his garden, a number of kibbutz members met to discuss plans to leave en masse. Advertisement "Its a matter of where to go and not if to go," another member, Shlomi Koren, said. "I don't expect anyone to solve the problem for me. I have to do it myself because no one has shown any willingness to do it." "We concluded that we have to take action. And if that action is that we leave the kibbutz, we'll leave, and let the army come in here. Our goal is to protect our children. That comes before protecting the community," Doron said. The families were looking for housing in kibbutzim out of range of the missiles, Doron said. "I have a responsibility to the kibbutz and I'll stay here. But my children will be away from the kibbutz, and let no one preach to me when I'm protecting my children. I'm willing to change places with Olmert and with any citizen, and I'm willing to come and do my shopping in Sderot," Doron said. Earlier, the head of the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, Alon Shuster, said the council would assist any resident who wanted to leave, so that they could maintain a semblance of normal life outside the kibbutz. "On Friday we woke up to a new day and a black future. This will be a battlefield. Four mortars struck the community, it was luck only one person was killed," Koren said. In a meeting Tuesday with council heads from Gaza-area communities, where two civilians have been killed by missiles fired from the Gaza Strip in the past week, Defense Minister Ehud Barak said a solution would not take eight years - the period the area has been under fire - but rather less than a year. He said that calm would be achieved either through peace or through war. The council heads demanded action be taken on the issue within a few days, and said the only thing to come from the meeting with Barak was his promise to expedite the reinforcement of homes in the area. Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai was also in the area Tuesday, and paid a condolence call on the Kedoshim family. "Even when the heart says 'act,' we must follow our heads and not our gut feelings," Vilnai said. "I recommend that our enemies not interpret restraint as a lack of confidence. There is no solution to a Qassam barrage, but we are determined to provide quiet to the residents of Sderot and the Gaza border area, whether through gestures or through military action," Vilnai told area residents. He also said he would work to better protect the residents from mortars and Qassam rockets. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Grass is greener For the cannabis-growing residents of Lebanon, recent fighting has been a blessing. Piggy bank savings Welfare Minister Herzog unveils a plan to open savings accounts for every Israeli child.   1.   Vilnai and Barak followers of Rabin who initiated the Death March 11:04  |  Absolute Sweden 14/05/08   2.   Why doesn`t some MK move for Knesset transfer to Kfar Aza tempora 11:06  |  Nuchem 14/05/08   3.   Kfar Aza Voted For Qassams 11:18  |  Yishai Kohen 14/05/08   4.   Is this a real country we live in? 11:42  |  isaac 14/05/08   5.   Is this not collective punishment? 11:54  |  Allon 14/05/08   6.   Hamas is getting what it wants... 12:09  |  Joey 14/05/08   7.   Kibbutzniks plight 12:15  |  happy settler 14/05/08   8.   A STATE THAT IS NOT CAPABLE 13:13  |  Robert 14/05/08   9.   Bursten owes the Palestinians a State 13:40  |  Steve 14/05/08   10.   Our Current Government is Truly Despicable -God Help These People 13:46  |  don 14/05/08   11.   Lucky people 14:13  |  Natallie Durson 14/05/08   12.   They didn`t chose to be pioneers 14:15  |  Ilan 14/05/08   13.   Re Yishai #3 14:36  |  Esther 14/05/08   14.   Yes there is a solution 14:38  |  de Jong 14/05/08   15.   Olmert and Barak don`t have the stuff to be PM 14:45  |  Sam 14/05/08   16.   The logical consequence of monumental political failure...... 14:58  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/05/08   17.   Esther #13: You Need A History Lesson 15:13  |  Yishai Kohen 14/05/08   18.   Did it ever occur to you that you are delusional 15:14  |  Ilan 14/05/08   19.   Esther #13 15:16  |  Jon 14/05/08   20.   Let the Oslo Architects Leave T.A. and Move to Kfar Aza 15:18  |  Straight Talk 14/05/08   21.   Rocekts in Tel-Aviv... 15:26  |  Mike 14/05/08   22.   The evacuation of Israel 15:42  |  Rachel Stevens 14/05/08   23.   To Durson, no 11 15:43  |  Sam C 14/05/08   24.   Straight Talk,Olmert&Abbas agreed Negev transferred to pals 16:00  |  Absolute Sweden 14/05/08   25.   Mike from Valhella 16:01  |  Tex 14/05/08   26.   How many victims in one year ?... 16:12  |  Jean Van Daem 14/05/08   27.   I JUST FIGURED OUT THE PROBLEM! OLMERT WORKS FOR THE PALESTINIANS 16:16  |  Nechama 14/05/08   28.   nuttie durston the pals are the lucky ones,their lucky israel 16:41  |  INDRAJAYA 14/05/08   29.   Moses was not a zionist ... 16:44  |  khaled 14/05/08   30.   Wise move 16:44  |  Mark Lincoln 14/05/08   31.   to those who lok for "REAL GOVERNMENT" 16:54  |  amihai 14/05/08   32.   Leaving the border with Gaza 17:41  |  PARIS 14/05/08   33.   #16 Swiss , monumental millitary failure . 17:58  |  TOMY 14/05/08   34.   typical rich kibbutzniks 17:59  |  Seth J 14/05/08   35.   Move out ! This is a millitary zone. 18:06  |  Vital 14/05/08   36.   Surrender to Stupid Gov`t 18:24  |  Ori 14/05/08   37.   Khalid: turn around fair play? 18:42  |  Ilan 14/05/08   38.   Yishai#17:"There is no such thing as "Pal territory". 18:45  |  Esther 14/05/08   39.   The "disengagement" continues 19:59  |  MR 14/05/08   40.   38 Esther re Yishai 20:03  |  MR 14/05/08   41.   Are they moving to build a settlement in the west bank? 20:25  |  Aounist 14/05/08   42.   Esther: Just Because The Philistines Are TEMPORARILY Occupying... 20:27  |  Yishai Kohen 14/05/08   43.   I wonder how they are going to vote next time... 20:44  |  Boris 14/05/08   44.   new tenants 21:03  |  Harry 14/05/08   45.   Mike from Valhella 21:15  |  Reid 14/05/08   46.   IDF should turn Kfar Aza into a base 21:19  |  Reid 14/05/08   47.   Families Moving 21:30  |  Joel 14/05/08   48.   60 years of what exactly? 21:35  |  Al123 14/05/08   49.   # 33 TOMY, a political failure is always preceding..... 21:40  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/05/08   50.   The Kibbutzniks in the North Evacuated Last Year Too 22:21  |  Jane 14/05/08   51.   40 families leaving Gaza border community 22:24  |  Joshua 14/05/08   52.   #49 Swiss (Dino) 22:30  |  MR 14/05/08   53.   Re MR #40 22:34  |  Esther 14/05/08   54.   # 11 Nat. durson 22:35  |  Rozz 14/05/08   55.   Swiss Dino 23:01  |  Nemesis 14/05/08   56.   RUNNING AWAY WON`T HELP: ARABS GET LONGER RANGE ROCKETS! 23:11  |  Leibl Kahanist 14/05/08   57.   Israel understands only one thing: 23:13  |  JJ 14/05/08   58.   Ha`aretz lies again 23:43  |  Gee 14/05/08   59.   #57 Israel understands one thing 00:15  |  Joshua 15/05/08   60.   # 52 MR 00:19  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/05/08   61.   # 55 Nemesis 00:21  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/05/08   62.   The Gov`t is Unwilling to secure normal life , so they leave 00:25  |  Joseph . E 15/05/08   63.   #49 Swiss(Dino) - Has Swiss Neutrality To Nazis Seen as... 00:46  |  JP 15/05/08   64.   For Seth 34- Don`t split our nation 00:57  |  Steve 15/05/08   65.   on: "Israel responds to only one thing." 07:22  |  Gray 15/05/08   66.   PM Olmert go to Sderot & stand with Israelis 11:30  |  Jonathan 15/05/08

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