Overwhelmed Gazans exporting aid

Gazans are so overwhelmed with the world's sympathy for their 'plight' that they have started to export aid to Somalia. Imams in mosques in the Gaza strip mentioned Somalia during Friday prayers last week and asked Gazans to donate to their brothers there.

Moreover, the Arab Doctors Union Gaza branch ran a campaign asking the people of Gaza to donate to people of Somalia.

The campaign, called "

Turks continue pressure on Israel for 'apology'

Lest you think it's over... the Turks are continuing to press for an Israeli 'apology' for the Mavi Marmara incident (Hat Tip: Joshua I). A senior Foreign Ministry official has expressed confidence that Israel will eventually give in to demands by Turkey and offer an apology and pay compensation to victims in order to pave the way for a normalization of bilateral relations.

“The Israeli

Video of Gaza's newest five-star luxury hotel

Last Wednesday, I told you all about Gaza's brand new five-star al-Mashtal luxury hotel. Now, I have some video to show you far more of the place. I'll have more after the fold too (this came from an Italian newspaper article parts of which someone translated for me).

Let's go to the videotape.

ArcMed Hotel Almashtal Gaza***** from sandra gomez on Vimeo.The swimming pools are men only, all day,

It's wet in December

A British organization wants to organize another flotilla of fools to challenge Israel's lawful blockade of Gaza at the end of December. The British organization Long Live Palestine has called on all freedom-loving people in the world to take part in a large-scale freedom flotilla at the end of the year, in order to break the Gaza siege. According to the plan, the flotilla will set sale in late

'Besieged' Gaza City gets another five-star hotel

Gaza City has another five-star hotel (the AP article below makes it sound like the only five-star hotel in Gaza, but we know that's not true). This hotel is called Arcmed Al Mashtal. Nearly all of the newly opened hotel's 222 rooms, decked out with ornate metal-worked lamps, flat screen televisions, oversized beds and sea views, sit empty. The tourists whom the developers expected to flood to

'Starving' Gazans break kite-flying record

The poor 'starving' kids in Gaza have broken a world record - their seventh in the last year - by flying 15,000 kites at once (and you thought they couldn't afford them).Let's go to the videotape. It's the last item on the newscast.Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com

What if UNRWA issued an appeal and no one responded?

UNRWA issued an appeal for $300 million for all the 'poor Palestinians' in Gaza. But after cutting the appeal amount in half, they are still $35 million short, i.e. they have raised $115 million out of $300 million. Maybe this (from an interview with UNRWA director Chris Guness) has something to do with why. There is also deep discontent about the removal of over 100,000 people from your food

Flotilla hypocrisy

David Harris wonders why the flotilla of fools is only interested in going to Gaza. Now don't bet the family farm that the flotilla folk will show up anytime soon in Egypt, Syria, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or anywhere else outside Gaza. The reason? Simple and obvious. If it doesn't have an Israeli connection, they're just not interested.Why? Good question. Their single-minded obsession with Israel and

Turkey: We won't forget and we won't forgive

In this country, when you want to show everyone that you're really angry at something someone has done to you, you say 'lo niscach v'lo nislach' (we won't forget and we won't forgive). Turkey has apparently developed a similar tradition. And they're applying it to last year's Mavi Marmara incident and telling us about it over and over again (Hat Tip: Joshua I). Turkey will never forget the nine

Pictures of opening celebration at Gaza's al-Andalusia mall

Here are pictures and a story from the opening of Gaza's new luxury al-Andalusia mall. The biggest mall in the Gaza Strip opened its doors on Tuesday with several hundreds of residents thronging the complex.The inaugural celebrations of the Al Andalusia Mall were as big as the mall itself, which houses branded clothes, cosmetics, office supplies, toys, shoes and appliances, etc. But man, these

Erdogan wants threatens to visit Gaza

In an earlier post, I reported that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other Turkish officials wanted to visit Gaza when conditions were right. Now Erdogan is using the prospect of such a visit as a crass threat to try to induce Israel to apologize for the IDF defending itself. The Turkish prime minister has expressed his desire to visit Hamas-controlled Gaza after a trip to Egypt,

'Besieged' Gaza City gets new five-star hotel, shopping mall

They're not allowing pictures, but Gaza has a new luxury hotel. It's called the Moby Dick. The hotel, called Moby Dick, will be inaugurated in the coming days, and Gazans hope it attracts not just Hamas men but also Western tourists. If they do arrive, they'll be able to enjoy luxurious banquet halls made of marble and stone, first-class restaurants and a shining swimming pool.In the meantime,

Boogie talks Turkey

Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe (Boogie) Yaalon told Israel Radio on Wednesday morning that he has had it with talking to Turkey. According to Yaalon, the Turks want an apology and not reconciliation. Minister of Strategic Affairs Moshe Ya'alon said on Wednesday that Turkey's insistence on an Israeli apology for last year's Gaza flotilla raid does not allow reconciliation talk to progress,

Surprise: 'Palestinians' agreed that no foreign ships would be allowed within 12 miles of Gaza

Forget for a minute that the United Nations is about to issue the Palmer Commission report that finds that the Israeli blockade of Gaza is legal. The 'Palestinians' themselves AGREED as part of the Oslo accords that no foreign ship would be allowed within 12 nautical miles of the Gaza coast! Pursuant to the Oslo Accords negotiated and signed between Israel and the PLO, the Palestinians agreed

Erdogan, other Turkish officials, want to visit Gaza

Turkish Prime Minister Recept Tayyip Erdogan wants to go visit his namesake in Gaza, and insists that other Turkish officials wish to do the same. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed his wishes to visit the Gaza Strip and mentioned other Turkish officials wish to do the same.“If conditions are right, I will consider a visit to Gaza,” Erdoğan said. What could go wrong?

Haaretz's Lois Lane reports from the Dignite al-Karama

Haaretz's own Lois Lane Amira Hass reports from the deck of the French yacht Dignite al-Karama. When the Karame was some 50 miles away from Gaza, the Israel Navy began trailing the yacht and contacted the passengers on board, demanding they state their final destination and disclose if they are carrying any weapons.A member of the Greek delegation to Gaza answered the questions and promised that

LIVEBLOG: French yacht contacted surrounded off Gaza coast

The French yacht Dignite al-Karama spent the night in Port Said, Egypt, and departed for Gaza at 6:00 am. It was due in the area at Noon. Israel Radio reported at 11:30 that the Navy had contacted the yacht several kilometers off Gaza and warned that it was about to enter a blockaded zone. The yacht claimed to have lost contact with the Navy....Swedish Israeli Dror Feiler is on the yacht, but