List of Sderot and Area Contacts Available for Comment

Hospitals and Medical Personnel
International Emergency Medical Services
Sderot Municipality and Council Representatives
Sderot Area Community Leaders and Social Service Organizations
Sderot Area School Principals and Teachers
English-Speaking Residents of Sderot and Surrounding Area  
English Speaking Children Contacts (Have Parents' Consent)

Russian-Speaking Residents of Sderot and Surrounding Area
French-Speaking Residents of Sderot and Surrounding Area

Arabic-Speaking Resident of Sderot

List of Netivot Contacts Available for Comment
Ashkelon Municipality
Israeli Officials in Israel and the United States

Captain Shadi Yasin, spokesman for the Coordination Liaison Administration in Gaza, is available for comment on the current humanitarian situation in Gaza. He can be reached at 011-972-50-6246425

The Israel Project

Marcus Sheff, Director, The Israel Project's Jerusalem Office
Tel.: 972-2-623-6427; Cell: 972-54-807-9177; Email: marcuss@theisraelproject.org 

Leah Soibel, Senior Advisor for Research, Jerusalem Office
Tel.: 972-2-623-6427; Cell: 972-54-807-9041; Email: leahs@theisraelproject.org

Hospitals and Medical Personnel Treating Victims of Qassam Attacks and Palestinian Infighting

Jacqueline Brown, Magen David Adom (MDA) International Relations Division
(for the latest updates on number of injured and casualties)
Email: jacquelineb@mdais.co.il

Inbar Guter, Spokesperson for Soroka Medical Center in Be'er Sheva
Cell: 972-50-626-3063

Yerucham Mandola, Spokesman for Magen David Adom
Cell: 972-52-256-9955; Email: dover@mdais.co.il

Leah Malul, Spokesperson for Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon
Barzilai Hospital currently treating Palestinians injured in Gaza and Qassam rocket attack victims
Tel.: 972-8-674-5766; Cell: 972-57-767-8766

Yehuda Shushan, MDA Director and Spokesman for the Negev (southern) region
Cell: 972-52-246-2771

International Emergency Medical Services

Bernard Barrett, Jerusalem Representative, International Committee of the Red Cross
Tel.: 972-2-582-8845; Cell: 972-52-526-0191

Bana Sayeh, Jerusalem Representative, International Committee of the Red Cross
Tel.: 972-2-582-8845; Cell: 972-52-601-9142

Sderot Municipality and Council Representatives

Yossi Cohen, Spokesman for the city of Sderot
Cell: 972-57-738-3770

Shalom Halevi, Assistant to Sderot Spokesman
Tel.: 972-8-662-0206; Cell: 972-57-899-4586

Alon Schuster, Head of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
Cell: 972-54-675-5111

Eliahu Segel, General Manager of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
Tel.: 972-8-689-7223; Cell: 972-54-675-5112

Naftuli Sivan, Press liaison for Alon Schuster, Head of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
Cell: 972-54-675-5113

Michal Shaban, Assistant to Head of Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council
Cell: 972-54-675-5115

Sderot Area Community Leaders and Social Service Organizations

Gvanim, Community organization dedicated to several different projects in Sderot
Cell: 972-54-668-9902 (ask for Hen)

Aron Poulet, Head of social work services in Sderot
Tel.: 972-8-662-0273

Tami Sagie, Head Psychologist
Tel.: 972-8-662-4000

Miriam Sasi, Head of Sderot's Education Department
Tel.: 972-8-662-4000

'Sela' - A community project for Russian-speaking residents of Sderot
Contact Natasha, Cell: 972-50-795-5051

Raneta Shulomov, Russian speaking-resident and head of a social project in Sderot
Cell: 972-54-668-9014

Dalia Yosef, Heads a project that deals with community protection services
Cell: 972-54-471-3268

Sderot Area School Principals and Teachers

Eli Edri, Principal of school in Sderot
Cell: 972-52-607-0751

Sari Kalimi, Resident of Sderot, mother of three, special education teacher and therapist
Tel.: 972-8-661-2821; Cell: 972-52-476-972

Adina Mastbaum, Resident of Sderot, mother of three, and special education teacher
Tel.: 972-8-932-2221; Cell: 972-50-753-3363

Amit Orbach, Principal of school in Sderot
Cell: 972-54-443-6633

Atara Orbach, Mother of six and teacher in Sderot
Tel.: 972-8-661-2869; Cell: 972-54-443-5588

Matin Ovadia, Principal of a school in Sderot
Cell: 972-52-607-0712

Shusha Sido, Head of a Sderot kindergarten
Cell: 972-50-683-1310

Mutti and Rivka Spanglet, Parents of three and teachers at a local school in Sderot
Tel.: 972-8-684-9964; Cell: 972-50-865-2991

English-Speaking Residents of Sderot and Surrounding Area

Shareel Ben-David, Pilipino resident of Sderot
Home hit by Qassam on May 16, 2007, while at home with children
Cell: 972-54-628-6006

Eliyahu Edry, Sderot Resident
Cell: 972-54-5444-1376

Batya Edry, Sderot Resident
Cell: 972-54-5444-1375

Mechi Fendel, Sderot resident
Cell: 972-50-741-1670

David Landau, 19-year-old new immigrant from the US living on Kibbutz Sa’ad, near Gaza border
Cell: 972-52-604-6931

Ofer Liberman, Kibbutz Ben-Ami resident (located near northern Gaza border)
Cell: 972-50-566-6700

Hannah Malool, Sderot resident taking refuge from rocket attacks in Jerusalem
Cell: 972-50-631-6950

David Mamo, Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-8-661-0481; Cell: 972-50-590-0862

Adina Mestelbaum, Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-77-932-2221; Cell: 972-50-412-4467

Atara Orbach, Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-8-661-2869; Cell: 972-52-311-5496

Odelia Ben Porat, Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-8-689-0787; Cell: 972-50-672-8204

Cherna Rosenberg, grandmother, originally from Canada
Cell: 972-54-220-0606; 972-77-345-8009; Email: chernaida@hotmail.com

David Spengelt, Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-8-661-2960; Cell: 972-54-205-1984

Yakov Sheetrit, Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-8-661-1259

English-Speaking Children Contacts (Have Parents' Consent):

Shoshana Edry, 12-year-old Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-8-689-2112

Yael Kfir, 12-year-old Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-77-331-2875

Russian-Speaking Residents of Sderot and Surrounding Area

Malcha Alchazov, Sderot resident
Cell: 972-54-810-0263

Nicol Alchazov, Sderot resident
Cell: 972-52-667-0252

Elena Biryukova, Sderot City Council  
Tel.: 972-8-662-0208; Cell: 972-54-694-4149

Gregory Mezin, Assistant to Ashkelon Municipality Spokesperson
Cell: 972-50-899-8698

Alexander Rieman, Historian and journalist
Cell: 972-50-562-5571; Email: rieman1@012.net.il 

French-Speaking Residents of Sderot and Surrounding Area

Yael Ben Yaeir, Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-8-661-2173; Cell: 972-52-311-4309

Lea Broch, Sderot area resident since 1955
Sister's house was hit by a Qassam rocket on May 16, 2007
Cell: 972-54-595-5593

Sherry Kalimi, Sderot resident
Tel.: 972-8-661-2821; Cell: 972-52-476-1972

Leah Levy, Sderot resident
Cell: 972-52-311-5816

Arabic-Speaking Resident of Sderot

Ofra Dahari , Sderot resident
Cell: 972-54-813-5082

List of Netivot Contacts Available for Comment

Yechiel Zohar, Mayor for the City of Netivot
Tel.: 972-8-993-8701; 972-8-993-8700

Benny Cohen, Spokesperson for the City of Netivot
Tel.: 972-8-993-8766; Cell: 972-54-667-7266

Erez Kidhar, Head of Security for the City of Netivot (Languages: English and Spanish)
Cell: 972-54-667-7861

Anat Weinstein-Berkowitz, Spokesperson for Ashkelon Municipality
Tel.: 972-8-679-2385; Cell: 972-50-899-8385

Gregory Mezin, Assistant to Ashkelon Municipality Spokesperson
Cell: 972-50-899-8698

Israeli Officials in Israel

David Baker, Senior Foreign Press Coordinator, Israeli Prime Minister's Office (Jerusalem)
Tel.: 972-2-677-3649; Cell: 972-50-620-5061; Email: david.baker@it.pmo.gov.il;
Web site: www.pmo.gov.il/PMOEng

Israeli Officials in the United States

David Siegel, Press Counselor, Embassy of Israel (Washington, D.C.)
Tel: 202-364-5538; Web site: www.israelemb.org