During the past seven years, San Diego's partnership community, Sha'ar Hanegev, has been suffering from constant missile attacks initiated by terrorists from the Gaza strip. Throughout this time San Diego has been providing support and relief to the people of Sha'ar Hanegev while further enhancing the relationship between the two communities.
Learn about Sha'ar HaNegev and hear from Alon Schuster, Mayor of the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council.
Since 2002, he has represented the forum of heads of local authorities in the communities "around Gaza." He heads the regional emergency team - that has coped for the past seven years with the Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at the communities of Sha'ar HaNegev and the education complex where Sapir College is located.
The Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, is a regional council in the north-western Negev, in Israel's Southern District. The Regional Council's territory lies midway between Beersheba and Ashkelon, bounded on the west by the Gaza Strip. The city of Sderot forms an enclave within Sha'ar HaNegev.
Since 1998, San Diego's Jewish community has developed a special partnership with Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council.
