Living with Rockets: Valley terrorists begin rocket barrage of Beverly Hills

The city of Los Angeles just unilaterally withdrew from the Valley. This oasis of jappiness, private schools and mini-malls finally gets the independence it's wanted for generations

However, after Los Angeles left the valley, some citizens of this new autonomous entity decided it wasn't enough. They wanted more. Bel Air, Mulholland, Westwood, even my home town of Beverly Hills!

So what do these maniacs do?

They start digging up their water pipes (which the great city of Los Angeles gave them) and make rockets out of them to wreck havoc on the innocent citizens of the City.

What is the defense system the City has against these Valley terrorists? An alert system that sounds, "Color Red", giving people 15 seconds to find shelter.

The terrorists are also developing their rocket technology so their rockets will soon have the capability to

reach Santa Monica and Venice, and as far east as Downtown and Pasadena. Before Kobe gets traded, the Staples Center will be hit.

PHOTO: COURTESY

Now apply this amazing fairytale I concocted (even though I wish the valley did become it's only little city) and apply it to Sderot and the whole western Negev region.

In August 2005, Israel pulled out of Gaza unilaterally. The disengagement, however, did not stop Palestinian terrorists from firing rockets on the innocent civilians of Sderot and the western Negev (first Kassam fired in 2001). The numbers have actually gotten worse.

In my made up story, people in the Valley start digging up the water pipes, which were given to them by the city of Los Angeles, to make rockets. Well, that's exactly what happens in Gaza! Yikes!

Kassam Rockets fired by Palestinian terrorists on the citizens of Sderot are made from water pipes given to them by the state of Israel.

And what do the Palestinian terrorists in Gaza use to launch these rockets? A mixture of potassium nitrate and sugar!

Also, Kassam rockets currently used by Palestinian terrorists have a reach of 4-8 miles and place more than 180,000 Israeli civilians at risk. And because they are developing their technology, rockets will soon hit Ashdod, and eventually Tel Aviv.

If Studio City terrorists started launching rockets similar to the Kassams fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza today - they'd definitely hit the 90210.

And just like the City in my story, Israel's only defense system against the barrage of Kassam rockets is the "Tzeva Adom" (Color Red) Alert System.

Just so you know, the alert system actually changed from "Shachar Adom" (Red Dawn) to "Tzeva Adom" because Israeli kids named Shachar were getting made fun of because of the alert system. Look at poor little Shachar, aaawwwww....

When Palestinian terrorists fire a Kassam in Sderot's direction, "Tzevah Adom" sounds throughout the city, giving people 15 seconds to take cover.

Imagine if I was sleeping in my bed at home in Beverly Hills and woke up to the sound of "Color Red", and had fifteen seconds to find cover. Would I run to the bomb shelter or pull the cover over my head and pray? Wouldn't even be a question, my whole house would be protected! 

In Sderot, I don't have time to reach the bomb shelter. Yesterday morning, two "Tzevah Adoms" sounded.

I just pulled the covers over my head and hoped for the best.

Benji Davis volunteers at the Sderot Media Center, directed by Noam Bedein.