NATO won't travel in Sderot, Ashkelon without armored cars

Something to think about:

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... Earlier on Wednesday, Spokesman for the United States Military's European Command Capt. Ed Buclatin visited Sderot as the guest of IDF Spokesman Brig.-Gen. Avi Benayahu.

Buclatin was driven through Ashkelon and Sderot in an armored vehicle provided by the IDF. Military sources said that the Americans requested the vehicle due to the Kassam barrage.

US officials rejected a report that aired on Army Radio according to which Washington recently issued a directive that all US officials need to travel in armored vehicles in Sderot and Ashkelon. The officials said that each case was evaluated on an individual basis.

"This is not a sweeping directive but when there is a threat like there was today then the security instructions are to travel in an armored car," an American official explained.

So my questions are

1- If there is ever a NATO force deployed inside Gaza, as Jim Jones wants, will they ever get out of their armored cars?

2- Should Israel be requesting armored cars for every resident of Sderot and Ashqelon as part of the next aid package? I mean, if an army officer can't travel in safety without an armored car, then what about a mother driving her kids to school?  

Ami Isseroff