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In Beersheba, Rockets Bring Arab, Jewish Neighbors Together
[Jerusalem Post] Abe Selig - In one shelter in Beersheba, Jewish women pored over books of Psalms, while Arab women sat next to them, knitting scarves and caps for their young children who waited nearby. Local resident Riki Yitzhak said: "This is a mixed neighborhood - Jews and Arabs live here together, and we're all suffering from the rockets together. These women are scared just like we are." Indeed, the Arab families, mostly Bedouin, said they were happy to be with their Jewish neighbors in the shelter, and that they abhorred the rocket fire coming from Gaza. "What do I care about Hamas?" one of the Arab men asked, his anger visible. "This is my home right here, and they're firing rockets at it."