Hamas Has Become a Millionaires' Club

[Sally]

Maybe the next ceasefire will last a little longer so that Hamas will have the time to take all the pro Hamas posters on a little trip to their favorite tourist spots around the world, whichever those might be. Imagine flying in a private jet with the Hamas leaders as your tour guides in these various cities!!!

Hamas Has Become a Millionaires' Club

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 | Ryan Jones

In 2006 legislative elections, the Palestinian street overwhelmingly voted Hamas to counter rampant financial corruption in the Palestinian Authority. Now, after years of war-profiteering, it seems Hamas itself has become the premier Palestinian millionaires’ club.

Very soon after seizing control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas and its allies began escalating rocket fire against the Jewish state. Given the severity of the Israeli reprisals, that wouldn't seem very good for business. But, in fact, it is.

Over the past seven years, Hamas’ leadership has pulled in outrageous sums of money thanks to the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Most of the profits were the result of exorbitant taxes on the goods smuggled from Egypt in tunnels running under the Gaza border, or grossly overcharging for subsidized Egyptian fuel.

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[Daniyel]

This is a known story Hamas usually just milk every 'casualty ' picture they can get, faking casualties also became very popular, so its gotta ask myself how many were actually true.