ROCKETS INTO ROSES

In the small Israeli town of Yated , just a few kilometers from Gaza , metal sculptor, blacksmith, and part time computer teacher Yaron Bob, literally turns rockets into roses. Mr. Bob fashions theses roses out of pieces of Qassam rockets that have been fired from Gaza at the residents of Israel .

In the Summer of 2005, Israeli citizens from 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip and four in the West Bank were moved from their homes in an attempt to secure peace with the Palestinians. Families were uprooted, synagogues were abandoned, schools and businesses were closed forever; all in the hope of peace.

Instead of peace, thousands of rockets were deliberately fired on the residents of the Israeli town of Sderot and surrounding communities, from Gaza . It was in response to those rocket attacks that Mr. read more »