Olmert's NIMBY Syndrome

Michael Freund has a great article in today's JPost that hits the nail on the head regarding the government's - and indeed much of Israel's - attitude that Sderot is NotInMyBackYard: The fact is that we as a society have become numb to the cry of Sderot and the south. The outrage we should all be feeling over the relentless rocket attacks has failed to materialize, and the government exploits