Aftershocks

Shalom!

It seems that the world's media doesn't believe what they see with their own eyes...or they fall into the category of our current President and his Attorney General when asked about the Arizona Immigration Bill...if you recall, these"leaders of the free world" replied that they had "not seen or read" what actually was in the Arizona bill. Ditto for the world's reaction for Israel defending Herself from armed thugs bent on killing Her IDF troops in "the Flotilla Affair." If the adage "pictures don't lie" is true, then how could anyone reach any conclusion other than the above? If they read the eyewitness accounts or looked at the raw footage of the attack, they would be unable to negate what Israel's finest undertook! AND the assault on these Israelis as a result!

It has been over 48 hours since this attack occurred...while the world and its' leaders and media have poured collective millions of dollars into their around the clock coverage bashing Israel, the citizens of this marvelous little Nation have gone about their business, refusing to bow to the constant degrading verbal attacks lobbed at them. In Sderot, Class was held at the Israel Leadership Institute/ILI...our students, who live all over Israel, drove down to Sderot for Class...and then departed about 11PM to do the reverse drive back to their homes...some of our students live in the Golan area: a 3 hour drive from Sderot. This is called COMMITMENT...commitment to something bigger than yourself...bigger than the world sees or understands...it is LEADERSHIP at its' best! We are training and equipping young Israeli men and women to assume LEADERSHIP roles in all of Israel's Mosaic. None of these young men and women allowed the ambush of their Military Brothers and Sisters to dissuade their attendance at our National Leadership Program last night! Like their peers at the IDF, our students "stood tall and strong" and refused to allow a terrorist entity to disrupt their task at hand: training to become Leaders of their Land!

BTW: Three Kassam Rocket attacks were launched against Sderot since the assault at sea! Still, NO ONE stayed away from their mission at hand: studying to become Leaders of their Land!

Vastly different outcome than what those "friendly peace activists" who were apprehended experienced!