Israelis, fed up with the near-daily bombardment from Gaza, turned the tables on the Palestinians and sent their own missiles toward Gaza.
Yes, really.
But the missiles weren’t very dangerous.
A number of Israelis from the Tel Aviv vicinity drove south and fired improvised missiles towards Gaza, in an effort to raise awareness of the difficult situation in Sderot.
The group used a projectile-launcher built by Yahav Michaeli – a stunts and pyrotechnics expert – to lob organic eggs and vegetables towards Beit Hanoun.
“The idea was to draw attention to what’s going on with a little bit of humor, because we thought it could relieve the pressure a little,” said members of the group.
Once again proving the difference between Israelis and the Palestinians, as soon as the IDF got word of the launch, they were all over the rocketeers.
IDF sources who heard of the missile launcher hurried worriedly to the launch site. They were greeted by group member Yigal Tzur, who told them, “we mean to shoot at Gaza.”
The officer responsible for the region informed him that shooting was prohibited in area and requested he stop. Upon being informed that the group was shooting eggs and vegetables, he allowed them to continue.
The group had brought with them organic eggs, corn, mango, tomatoes and other vegetables – much of it bought in Sderot – to launch at the Palestinians.
However, it’s possible that some Palestinians got a little worried or curious about the strange rain coming from Israel.
“The shooting was amazing, some of the vegetables flew whole over to the Strip, we actually spotted the eggs flying into Beit Hanoun and the thought even crossed my mind that some day, we may be able to make Arabic salad here, a salad of peace,” Tzur added.
Guaranteed you’ll get some kind of ridiculous response from PIJ or Hamas. And by “ridiculous” I don’t mean lobbing missiles in return. I mean some kind of idiotic statement.
Turnabout is fair play!
Just think what Al Reuters or the other Hamastan media would scream if an Arab was hit by an egg.
“Once again proving the difference between Israelis and the Palestinians”
Yes indeed.
Great story Meryl. If I close my eyes I can just picture the veggies flying through the air now!
I call for an immediate UN denoucnement of Israel for this repressive and disproportionate response against the innocent people of Gaza.
BTW, why is it important to point out that the ammo was organic?
Next step: drop some hints that they may start flinging pork chops and Canadian bacon (flies further than regular bacon). I’m sure there are plenty of Christian tourists who would be glad to load the ‘ammunition’ for them if they don’t want to handle pork themselves.
Waste of good veggies.
They should fling Korans that have been placed in toilets.
Why weren’t they firing real missiles?
I’m rather amused that the articles made a point of saying that the eggs were organic. As if factory-farmed eggs wouldn’t have made the same impact. (All puns intended :) )
feed the veggies to the refugees
lob sand at hamas so they understand
from dust they came to dust they go
their paradise is coming too slow
bomb the beaches burn the crops
turn off the lights when gaza stops
who cares?
whoever does can fed them next
let them supply the filthy pest
only in israel!!