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[graphic] Gaza-Israel rocket range map in English & Hebrew


Many thanks again to Jameel at the Muqata (a must-follow live-blog from Israel of what is going on, including Hebrew-source only items like the attack of a tourist from Chicago in Nazareth yesterday).  Here’s my post yesterday about this map.

Also, extremely poignant for me, a commenter at this post with the graphic says that Beit Shemesh, where I lived and worked, is now in range, even though it’s not marked on the map.  I believe it is east of a place listed on the map as Yad Binyamin, in the last, outer-most stripe.  Bet Shemesh is a bustling suburb of Jerusalem now, but when I lived there in 1984-85, it was a poor development town with extremely high unemployment and a not particularly welcoming community (I had rocks thrown at me for being there as an American volunteer).  This year, during my visit, I learned that it couldn’t be more different.  Our tour’s bus driver lives there and it was wonderful hearing all the stories of growth.  I didn’t get to go there during the trip but did see it from the highway once or twice as well as the areas that have developed around it.

Rocket Range

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:34 pm December 31st, 2008 in Gaza, Israel, Military, middle east 

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4 Responses to “[graphic] Gaza-Israel rocket range map in English & Hebrew”

  1. 1 Jack on December 31st, 2008 3:07 pm

    Hi Jill,

    I am going to include this in update 4.5. I’ll have it up a bit later today.

  2. 2 Jameel @ The Muqata on January 1st, 2009 4:54 am

    Hi Jill –

    I’m working on my own (English) map, which will include additional distances (for the longer range rockets in the Hamas arsenal).

    Thanks for your kind words!

    Regards,

    Jameel

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  4. 4 Jill Miller Zimon on January 2nd, 2009 12:23 am

    Jameel – thanks – I think these maps are incredibly helpful, esp. for people who 1) have never been there and 2) have never really looked at or studied a map of the area. Even then, it is hard to comprehend the proximity. Stay safe.

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