(Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs) * Some 40 Kassam rockets hit Sderot and elsewhere in the northern Negev over the weekend, wounding five persons, two moderately, and causing much damage. * The rocketing of Israel from Gaza is a most serious terrorist aggression. Israel is exercising its right to self-defense when it responds to attacks on its territory, as any state is required to do. * It is unthinkable that the children of Sderot once again cannot sleep peacefully in their beds and go to school without fear because their lives, and the lives of thousands of inhabitants of the northern Negev, are being threatened - while the Palestinians of Gaza continue to live normal lives. * Israel remains steadfast in its desire to further peace in the region, but at the same time will act with all necessary force and determination to halt the firing of Kassam rockets at its citizens - as it will persist in its struggle against Hamas and the other terrorist organizations that seek to destroy any chance for peace and calm in the region. * Because the PA and the Palestinian public have shown themselves to be totally helpless and incapable - or unwilling - to fulfill their commitments, Israel is forced to act alone. * The international community, including the Arab countries, must make it unequivocally clear to the Palestinians that continued terrorism means an end to the Palestinian dream.
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