Within northern Israel, the trauma comes from two sources, missiles and earthquakes. Israel has decided the two sources have similar outcomes to the people and are beginning to improve structures in the area.
Donald Trump's explanation of the USA southern border and whatever problems it might have is far from being the worst in the world. Can we please have a little perspective in DC? Sound like a plan?
July 11, 2018
...The head of the Home Front Command (click here) met last week with Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon over the funding of the plan. The funds will be disbursed over a five-year period and will not come from the security budget. The Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee met in January to discuss the preparedness of the north for a confrontation. The head of the Home Front Command’s Physical Protection Division, Col. Golan Wach, presented data to the committing indicating that 27 percent of Israeli citizens lack proper shelter – be it a residential secure space, a private or public shelter or mass protection – that is suitable for a long-term stay. In older cities like Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Be’er Sheva, some 40 percent of residents lack proper shelter.
Within nine kilometers of the northern border, around 24 percent of residents of Jewish communities and 42 percent of residents of Arab communities have no proper shelter. The relative rates drop slightly up to 20 kilometers from the border to 21 percent and 38 percent, respectively, and stands at 35 percent and 41 percent, respectively, in the range up to 40 kilometers from the border.
