"Siege" news
| Israel has allowed construction material into Gaza for the second day in a row. |
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 24, 2010 http://www.debka.com/article/8805/
Three boats set sail from Turkey Sunday, May 23, to rendezvous en route with vessels from the UK, Greece, Algeria, Ireland, Sweden and Kuwait carrying 750 assorted pro-Palestinian activists and $20 m worth of cement, medical equipment and schools supplies. The venture, on behalf of the Turkish-based Humanitarian Aid Foundation is sponsored personally by Prime Minister Recep Erdogen. This foundation is quietly sponsored by Turkish intelligence and all its operations, including the
Our sources report Erdogan has approved a plan of action whereby when Israeli warships and naval commandoes board the vessels to prevent them reaching
The cargo will be unloaded and, if it contains no materials usable for Hamas' military effort against
In
In the past month, the Hamas regime has sanctioned five executions - three last Tuesday in front of their families - and dumped their bodies in the Shifa hospital.
Steak au poivre and chicken cordon bleu, 'Palestinian' style
Here's video from a restaurant called Roots Club located in Gaza City. The video was taken in May 2009 - after Operation Cast Lead, and while the 'poor Palestinians' are supposedly starving. You can find a promotional video about the restaurant (and catering hall) here. It sure looks like they're starving, doesn't it.I've posted their contract information at the top of this post (screen captured from their website) in case any of you want to make reservations for dinner, or perhaps schedule your next family event there.
Tom Gross, who posted the video, notes:
In case anyone doubts the authenticity of this video (which is up on the club’s own website), I just called the club in Gaza City and had a nice chat with the manager who proudly confirmed business is booming and many Palestinians and international guests are dining there.
Olympic swimming pool opens in Gaza
An Olympic-sized swimming pool has opened in the Gaza 'concentration camp.' Gaza's first Olympic-standard swimming pool was inaugurated at the As-Sadaka club during a ceremony on Tuesday held by the Islamic Society.Given that Gaza supposedly has no building materials and no funds, the obvious questions are where did they get the money and where did they get the building materials. To this we can only add, why are 10,000 tons of construction supplies currently enroute to attempt to 'run' the Gaza 'blockade' when there is apparently no need for them?
Gaza government ministers, members of the Palestinian Legislative Council, leaders of Islamic and national governing bodies, as well as club members and athletes were among those at the opening ceremony, where Secretary-General of the Islamic Society Nasim Yaseen thanked the donors who helped realize the project.
Yaseen praised the As-Sadaka club for a number of wins in international and regional football, volleyball and table tennis matches.
As-Sadaka athletes performed a number of swimming exercises in the new pool to mark its opening.
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