At opening ceremonies attended by ministers and government officials, the Gaza Mall is a multi-story shopping center that includes food, clothing, perfumes, shoes, household appliances, office supplies and more.
The mall has a website, where we can see that it has air conditioning and parking, as well as delivery and other amenities that one would expect in any major mall.
The mall web page advertises "Israeli men's trousers at an attractive price," men's shirts from the US, girl's dresses from France and boy's pants from Turkey.
More pictures here.
The humanitarian crisis continues to grow in Gaza.
UPDATE: AP had pictures as well - but no accompanying story.
Also, i just emailed Catherine Ashton, European Union's foreign policy chief, who is now visiting Gaza, if she will have the opportunity to visit this mall.
On Saturday, a gleaming new shopping mall opened in the center of the 'World's largest concentration camp' in Gaza City. Tom Gross has a slew of pictures from it here - this one appeared on the front page of Sunday morning's print edition of the Jerusalem Post.
Just how luxurious is this mall? Well, it has a website, which you can find here and see for yourselves.
This view kind of reminds me of the Galleria in Cambridge, Mass.:
Want to buy your kids some toys? How about this? It reminds me of the duty free shop at Ben Gurion Airport:
So why did I tell you to keep that other video in mind? Well, here's the thing: The 'Palestinians' keep telling us that they have no building materials, and therefore (non-Hamas) families whose homes were destroyed in Operation Cast Lead are still living in tents. But the truth is that they do have building materials. The question is what they are using those building materials to build. And the answer is that they are not using them to build homes for the homeless.When Israel recently opened its crossing in the far south, militants targeted it with Qassams on behalf of the tunnel moguls, who were losing money as prices dropped. With the material Hamas garnered through those tunnels – especially cement – they now build police stations, a shopping center where Hamas employees get special privileges, and rebuild their prison. As for the wretched people who lost their homes in a war Hamas did much to provoke… it’s Israel’s fault.Tom Gross mentions one other thing that Hamas has built with all that cement: A brand new Olympic-sized swimming pool.
Read the whole thing (and look at the pictures and videos). Your job for the rest of today is to get your local media to cover it. Because I'll bet that European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who was in Gaza on Sunday, didn't see any of it. And many Gazan homeless are depending on you.While Hamas and their willing accomplices in the mainstream media and human rights anti-Israel organizations continue to perpetuate the lie that Gaza is a “concentration camp” – replete with widespread starvation and suffering – here are images they do not want you to see.
"Look at what the Israeli soldier did to me, mother. I am humiliated!"
Sure, it looks like plenty of food, but are there mangos? Oh, the inhumanity!
"I can't wait to show off my new hairstyle.... or not."
Dear me, I can't believe I am already shopping for Mahmoud's bomb vest. They blow up so quickly these days."
"Ok, who's the smart arse who put up the Christmas decorations?"
After dying at the hands of the brutual Zionists, Farfur was able to find work in the mall, albeit in a female guise (AP)
Update: More on Gaza’s new luxury mall:
The Gaza Center for shopping the first shopping mall in the Gaza Strip is owned by a group of partners, investors, and consists of the Mall of two levels: the ground is a fast-food restaurant and hypermarket has all the needs of the family and institutions, while the upper floor is dedicated to clothes, shoes, accessories, jewelry, children’s games
Where the center is characterized by many advantages, namely:
1 – Location: It is located in the sand beside a mosque near the bottom of the Treasure Tower blessing
2 – Air-conditioning: the center is equipped with central units adjustment
3 – Service Delivery: The center provides the customers to connect all their needs to the house for free
4 – Parking: the Centre has a car park below the tower can be used shopper
5 – Men’s Security: Provider of the Centre security men on 24-hour
6 – surveillance cameras: Centre equipped with the latest surveillance cameras and alarms
7 – reception: is characterized by the center staffed reception and a protocol to guide customers
8 – Deposit: The center has a dedicated place to put the secretariats of clients and arms
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