Safe Room

Even today, more than 2.5 million citizens who lack a protected room inside their residence are dependent on public shelters.

Just as we have to prepare ourselves and family members for having to leave home quickly if a rocket alert is received, we also need to prepare for our animals to leave with us.

Now, with the restrictions finally lifted, I only hope that life returns to some kind of normality, that we can resume our daily routines, and that I can meet and get to know my neighbors.

Many Jerusalemites, as well as people all over Israel, don’t have access to safety in cases of a missile attack, and not enough is being done about it – or at the very least, not fast enough.

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

We were all preparing and bracing for what was expected to be a ballistic Shabbat in Jerusalem – as were some escaped Iranian expats and their families.

Israel is divided but not fragile. The shelter experience reflects that. Beneath the noise and the cynicism, there remains a capacity to endure, together, under fire.

Five vignettes from the bomb shelter in the middle of the night.

Here are the five items you should keep in your Mamad to ensure you can react quickly if a missile hits your residential building directly.

The persistent missile threat is cultivating a dangerous sense of normality among the public, a misplaced apathy toward security, and unnecessary risks to human lives.