Posted on 08/24/2015 4:50:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Western media has often been criticized by Israel for only on rare occasions presenting Gaza as anything other than an open-air prison suffering from Israeli blockades, but an unusual glimpse into the glamorous life of Gaza’s middle class made its way to light on Sunday.
Articles such as an Economist expose in 2012 detailing golden Porsches and Hummers cruising the streets of Gaza under corrupt Hamas rule were joined by a Washington Post report, revealing on Sunday how the “other half lives” in the terrorist enclave.
The article begins by noting how under-reported the middle class aspect of Gazan life is in Western media, commenting, “this is the Gaza outside the war photographer’s frame. … There is a parallel reality where the wafer-thin Palestinian middle class here is wooed by massage therapists, spin classes and private beach resorts,” continues the exposé, listing “a handful of new luxury-car dealerships, boutiques selling designer jeans and, coming soon to a hip downtown restaurant, ‘Sushi Nights.’” […]
But Gaza’s middle class do not seem opposed to leaving the Hamas-run region according to the report. Heba Ammar, 24, was quoted saying “if I could leave Gaza, I would run!” while taking part in a pool party at a beach villa last week with her family, which rented the villa for 20 hours at $140. …
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Your tax dollars at work, gold plating hummers for HAMAS.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Not Tel Aviv. Not even Atlantic City. Of course most people live in a dump. This is for government employees, business owners and journalists.
Tony Blair's sister (in law?> knows where to go
Don’t they steal the cars in Israel any more. Guess it’s tough to transport them.
Re 5-star Gaza: How do they handle economic justice there? /S
Beating, shooting, burning, maybe beheading will catch on, on the command of the local warlord/terrorist/government official.
I wouldn’t call that “middle class”, it’s above middle.
Partly old news.
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