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Because ATMs aren't missile proof.Corrupt politicians?Hamas got rich as Gaza was plunged into poverty
With multi-million-dollar land deals, luxury villas and black market fuel from Egypt, Gaza's rulers made billions while the rest of the population struggled with 38-percent poverty and 40-percent unemployment.
But while most of the Gaza population tries to deal with the difficulties of daily life, it seems that one sector at least has had few worries about their livelihoods - Hamas leaders and their associates.
Hamas got rich as Gaza was plunged into poverty - Israel Business, Ynetnews
Where is the money?
Where's the surprise?
Avigdor Lieberman?
Ehud Olmert?
Moshe Katsav?
Tzachi Hanegbi?
End Israel's belligerent occupation of Gaza, and the people of Gaza will clean their own house.
How Many Millionaires Live in the "Impoverished" Gaza Strip?But according to an investigative report published in the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, there are at least 600 millionaires living in the Gaza Strip. The newspaper report also refutes the claim that the Gaza Strip has been facing a humanitarian crisis because of an Israeli blockade.
Mohammed Dahlan, the former Palestinian Authority security commander of the Gaza Strip, further said last week that Hamas was the only party that was laying siege to the Gaza Strip; that it is Hamas, and not Israel or Egypt, that is strangling and punishing the people there.
The Palestinian millionaires, according to the report, have made their wealth thanks to the hundreds of underground tunnels along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
Informed Palestinian sources revealed that every day, in addition to weapons, thousands of tons of fuel, medicine, various types of merchandise, vehicles, electrical appliances, drugs, medicine and cigarettes are smuggled into the Gaza Strip through more than 400 tunnels. A former Sudanese government official who visited the Gaza Strip lately was quoted as saying that he found basic goods that were not available in Sudan. Almost all the tunnels are controlled by the Hamas government, which has established a special commission to oversee the smuggling business, which makes the Hamas government the biggest benefactor of the smuggling industry.
Palestinians estimate that 25% of the Hamas government's budget comes from taxes imposed on the owners of the underground tunnels.
For example, Hamas has imposed a 25% tax and a $2000 fee on every car that is smuggled into the Gaza Strip. Hamas also charges $15 dollars for each ton of cement, eight cents for a pack of cigarettes and 50 cents for each liter of fuel smuggled through the tunnels.
For Hamas, the Palestinian sources said, the tunnels are a matter of life or death.
Next question. Why did Hamas close the banks?
Because ATMs aren't missile proof.Corrupt politicians?
Where's the surprise?
Avigdor Lieberman?
Ehud Olmert?
Moshe Katsav?
Tzachi Hanegbi?
End Israel's belligerent occupation of Gaza, and the people of Gaza will clean their own house.
How Many Millionaires Live in the "Impoverished" Gaza Strip?But according to an investigative report published in the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat, there are at least 600 millionaires living in the Gaza Strip. The newspaper report also refutes the claim that the Gaza Strip has been facing a humanitarian crisis because of an Israeli blockade.
Mohammed Dahlan, the former Palestinian Authority security commander of the Gaza Strip, further said last week that Hamas was the only party that was laying siege to the Gaza Strip; that it is Hamas, and not Israel or Egypt, that is strangling and punishing the people there.
The Palestinian millionaires, according to the report, have made their wealth thanks to the hundreds of underground tunnels along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.
Informed Palestinian sources revealed that every day, in addition to weapons, thousands of tons of fuel, medicine, various types of merchandise, vehicles, electrical appliances, drugs, medicine and cigarettes are smuggled into the Gaza Strip through more than 400 tunnels. A former Sudanese government official who visited the Gaza Strip lately was quoted as saying that he found basic goods that were not available in Sudan. Almost all the tunnels are controlled by the Hamas government, which has established a special commission to oversee the smuggling business, which makes the Hamas government the biggest benefactor of the smuggling industry.
Palestinians estimate that 25% of the Hamas government's budget comes from taxes imposed on the owners of the underground tunnels.
For example, Hamas has imposed a 25% tax and a $2000 fee on every car that is smuggled into the Gaza Strip. Hamas also charges $15 dollars for each ton of cement, eight cents for a pack of cigarettes and 50 cents for each liter of fuel smuggled through the tunnels.
For Hamas, the Palestinian sources said, the tunnels are a matter of life or death.
Next question. Why did Hamas close the banks?
What do you imagine your proving with allegations of Hamas corruption?
That Jews don't control all of Gaza's borders, airspace, and coastal waters?
That Jews in sniper towers murder Gaza's children regularly?
That Gazans can not leave their enclave without a Jew's permission?
Maybe you're deflecting?
Hamas Leaders Worth Millions Of Dollars From Allegedly Skimming Donations And Extortion: Is Anyone Surprised?While the Palestinian media endeavors to paint the blackest possible picture about conditions in Gaza by referring to such things as population density, unemployment rates, and generally poor living conditions of the population, it studiously avoids talking about the wealth of the Hamas leaders.
And it certainly doesnt and dare not intimate how that wealth was acquired.
Roron Peskin, writing on the Ynetnews website, throws some light on the subject. Firstly, he wonders about the rapid growth in the financial fortunes of former Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
Prior to Hamas winning the election of 2006, 51-year-old Haniyeh was not regarded as a senior member of the Hamas hierarchy. Now he is a millionaire, which is very surprising considering that he was born to a refugee family in the al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza.
By 2010, Haniyeh was able to buy a piece of land in an upmarket beachfront neighborhood for $4 million, according to a report in the Egyptian magazine Rose al-Yusuf. In order to hide what he was doing from the scrutiny of the media and his own voters, he employed the age-old trick of registering the purchase in the name of his son-in-law.
Since then, it has been reported that he has purchased several other properties in Gaza in the names of his children. He should soon be able to amass a sizable property portfolio he has 13 of them!
Things really took off for Haniyeh and his cronies when former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was ousted by the Muslim Brotherhood the sister organization of Hamas.
Then, the Hamas leadership was not afraid to display its ostentatious wealth. There was a property boom for villas costing $1 million and more. A Gazan resident commented wryly about a member of Hamas who he knew had recently bought one of these villas saying, Two years ago, he couldnt afford a packet of cigarettes.
With President Morsi in control, Khairat a-Shater, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt who was also personally wealthy transferred tens of millions in cash to senior administration officials in Gaza, as well as to some of its military commanders.
Many Hamas members kept their assets outside Gaza, and one of the founder members of the group, Ayman Taha, ensured that they received all their dividends in cash. In 2011, he bought himself a villa in Gaza for $700,000.
Another scam employed by the Hamas leaders for generating cash was to re-sell the highly subsidized fuel received from Egypt for eight times the real price.
Professor Ahmed Karima of Al-Azhar University in Egypt claims that Hamas has some 1,200 millionaires among its members, but is unwilling to reveal his sources.
Khaled Mashal, the leader of the so-called Political Wing of Hamas, resides in luxury in Doha, Qatar. It was reported by a Jordanian website in 2012 that he controlled $2.6 billion of Hamas funds. Hamas has invested in Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Dubai.
That has nothing to do with Israel's belligerent occupation of Gaza.Because ATMs aren't missile proof.How Many Millionaires Live in the "Impoverished" Gaza Strip?
Next question. Why did Hamas close the banks?
What do you imagine your proving with allegations of Hamas corruption?
That Jews don't control all of Gaza's borders, airspace, and coastal waters?
That Jews in sniper towers murder Gaza's children regularly?
That Gazans can not leave their enclave without a Jew's permission?
Maybe you're deflecting?
No. Deflection is on your part.
Hamas Leaders Worth Millions Of Dollars From Allegedly Skimming Donations And Extortion: Is Anyone Surprised?While the Palestinian media endeavors to paint the blackest possible picture about conditions in Gaza by referring to such things as population density, unemployment rates, and generally poor living conditions of the population, it studiously avoids talking about the wealth of the Hamas leaders.
And it certainly doesnt and dare not intimate how that wealth was acquired.
Roron Peskin, writing on the Ynetnews website, throws some light on the subject. Firstly, he wonders about the rapid growth in the financial fortunes of former Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
Prior to Hamas winning the election of 2006, 51-year-old Haniyeh was not regarded as a senior member of the Hamas hierarchy. Now he is a millionaire, which is very surprising considering that he was born to a refugee family in the al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza.
By 2010, Haniyeh was able to buy a piece of land in an upmarket beachfront neighborhood for $4 million, according to a report in the Egyptian magazine Rose al-Yusuf. In order to hide what he was doing from the scrutiny of the media and his own voters, he employed the age-old trick of registering the purchase in the name of his son-in-law.
Since then, it has been reported that he has purchased several other properties in Gaza in the names of his children. He should soon be able to amass a sizable property portfolio he has 13 of them!
Things really took off for Haniyeh and his cronies when former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was ousted by the Muslim Brotherhood the sister organization of Hamas.
Then, the Hamas leadership was not afraid to display its ostentatious wealth. There was a property boom for villas costing $1 million and more. A Gazan resident commented wryly about a member of Hamas who he knew had recently bought one of these villas saying, Two years ago, he couldnt afford a packet of cigarettes.
With President Morsi in control, Khairat a-Shater, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt who was also personally wealthy transferred tens of millions in cash to senior administration officials in Gaza, as well as to some of its military commanders.
Many Hamas members kept their assets outside Gaza, and one of the founder members of the group, Ayman Taha, ensured that they received all their dividends in cash. In 2011, he bought himself a villa in Gaza for $700,000.
Another scam employed by the Hamas leaders for generating cash was to re-sell the highly subsidized fuel received from Egypt for eight times the real price.
Professor Ahmed Karima of Al-Azhar University in Egypt claims that Hamas has some 1,200 millionaires among its members, but is unwilling to reveal his sources.
Khaled Mashal, the leader of the so-called Political Wing of Hamas, resides in luxury in Doha, Qatar. It was reported by a Jordanian website in 2012 that he controlled $2.6 billion of Hamas funds. Hamas has invested in Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Dubai.
Where is the money?
That has nothing to do with Israel's belligerent occupation of Gaza.Because ATMs aren't missile proof.
What do you imagine your proving with allegations of Hamas corruption?
That Jews don't control all of Gaza's borders, airspace, and coastal waters?
That Jews in sniper towers murder Gaza's children regularly?
That Gazans can not leave their enclave without a Jew's permission?
Maybe you're deflecting?
No. Deflection is on your part.
Hamas Leaders Worth Millions Of Dollars From Allegedly Skimming Donations And Extortion: Is Anyone Surprised?While the Palestinian media endeavors to paint the blackest possible picture about conditions in Gaza by referring to such things as population density, unemployment rates, and generally poor living conditions of the population, it studiously avoids talking about the wealth of the Hamas leaders.
And it certainly doesn’t — and dare not — intimate how that wealth was acquired.
Roron Peskin, writing on the Ynetnews website, throws some light on the subject. Firstly, he wonders about the rapid growth in the financial fortunes of former Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh.
Prior to Hamas winning the election of 2006, 51-year-old Haniyeh was not regarded as a senior member of the Hamas hierarchy. Now he is a millionaire, which is very surprising considering that he was born to a refugee family in the al-Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza.
By 2010, Haniyeh was able to buy a piece of land in an upmarket beachfront neighborhood for $4 million, according to a report in the Egyptian magazine Rose al-Yusuf. In order to hide what he was doing from the scrutiny of the media and his own voters, he employed the age-old trick of registering the purchase in the name of his son-in-law.
Since then, it has been reported that he has purchased several other properties in Gaza in the names of his children. He should soon be able to amass a sizable property portfolio — he has 13 of them!
Things really took off for Haniyeh and his cronies when former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was ousted by the Muslim Brotherhood — the sister organization of Hamas.
Then, the Hamas leadership was not afraid to display its ostentatious wealth. There was a property boom for villas costing $1 million and more. A Gazan resident commented wryly about a member of Hamas who he knew had recently bought one of these villas saying, “Two years ago, he couldn’t afford a packet of cigarettes.”
With President Morsi in control, Khairat a-Shater, a senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt — who was also personally wealthy — transferred tens of millions in cash to senior administration officials in Gaza, as well as to some of its military commanders.
Many Hamas members kept their assets outside Gaza, and one of the founder members of the group, Ayman Taha, ensured that they received all their dividends in cash. In 2011, he bought himself a villa in Gaza for $700,000.
Another scam employed by the Hamas leaders for generating cash was to re-sell the highly subsidized fuel received from Egypt for eight times the real price.
Professor Ahmed Karima of Al-Azhar University in Egypt claims that Hamas has some 1,200 millionaires among its members, but is unwilling to reveal his sources.
Khaled Mashal, the leader of the so-called “Political Wing” of Hamas, resides in luxury in Doha, Qatar. It was reported by a Jordanian website in 2012 that he controlled $2.6 billion of Hamas funds. Hamas has invested in Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Dubai.
Where is the money?
Start a thread on your subject if you think it's relevant.
In which case, you can start by answering David Ben-Gurion's question:I'd rather focus on all the money going into Gaza and not a damn thing being done for the people.
Jews surround Gaza with concrete walls, electrified fences, and towers where IDF snipers routinely fire unprovoked at Gazan citizens, especially children; head shots are a badge of honor for young Jews who've been raised to believe ALL Arabs are subhumans whose sole goal is to drive all Jews from their pizza parlors.What "war" are you hallucinating?
We're talking about a belligerent occupation of Gaza by Israel.
Jews can find their war on their northern border with Hezbollah.
There is no belligerent occupation.
Jews control Gaza's airspace and coastal waters.
Jews determine who many enter or leave Gaza at all times.
How does your definition of belligerent occupation differ from the above?
In which case, you can start by answering David Ben-Gurion's question:I'd rather focus on all the money going into Gaza and not a damn thing being done for the people.
"No one said it more candidly than David Ben-Gurion, the father of modern Israel, who years ago, was asked why Palestinians were still resisting.
"He summed up Palestinian grievances by saying 'They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?'
Pounding Gaza ? World?s Largest Open-Air Prison | The Nader Page
US blocked Qatari funds intended for Hamas employees | The Times of IsraelA diplomatic source in the Gulf state, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Qatar had transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to Arab Bank for the salaries of some 44,000 Hamas civil servants. Those civil servants employed by Hamas in Gaza since its takeover of the Strip in 2007 were rendered jobless by the unity agreement with Fatah last month.
But the money was never processed by Arab Bank and delivered to Hamas, the source told The Times of Israel, due to pressure from the Americans, who consider Hamas a terror organization.
This is strange, since funds from Qatar have never been blocked in the past, the source said, referring to the $400 million aid package pledged by Qatari ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa during his visit to Gaza in October 2012.
Hamass deputy political bureau chief Moussa Abu Marzouk lambasted Arab Bank for neglecting to process the funds in comments posted on his Facebook page June 28.
Our thanks to Qatar, which has transferred the funds to Arab Bank, wrote Abu Marzouk, adding sarcastically that with excessive Arabness Arab Bank has refused to receive the money. PA President [Mahmoud Abbas] and the national unity government continue to discuss the mechanism, but there are those who continue to insist on receiving orders from the outside or implementing them before they are spoken.
The US State Department and the Arab Bank did not respond to requests for comments on the matter.
The salary crisis, which has plagued Hamas for months, compounded the most severe financial pitfall in the organizations history, caused by significant loss of revenue by the destruction of smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian border.
Abu Marzouk and former Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh have cited the financial crisis as a central factor in the current violent flareup, harshly criticizing the PA and Abbas for neglecting to pay Gazas civil servants as stipulated they claim by a unity agreement signed with Fatah in Cairo in May 2012. Hamas has demanded the transfer of the salaries as a condition for a ceasefire with Israel in the conflagration known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge that has been raging in the last week.
Why should indigenous Palestinians accept the fact that Jews have stolen their country?In which case, you can start by answering David Ben-Gurion's question:I'd rather focus on all the money going into Gaza and not a damn thing being done for the people.
"No one said it more candidly than David Ben-Gurion, the father of modern Israel, who years ago, was asked why Palestinians were still resisting.
"He summed up Palestinian grievances by saying 'They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?'
Pounding Gaza ? World?s Largest Open-Air Prison | The Nader Page
You can start here:
US blocked Qatari funds intended for Hamas employees | The Times of IsraelA diplomatic source in the Gulf state, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Qatar had transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to Arab Bank for the salaries of some 44,000 Hamas civil servants. Those civil servants employed by Hamas in Gaza since its takeover of the Strip in 2007 were rendered jobless by the unity agreement with Fatah last month.
But the money was never processed by Arab Bank and delivered to Hamas, the source told The Times of Israel, due to pressure from the Americans, who consider Hamas a terror organization.
This is strange, since funds from Qatar have never been blocked in the past, the source said, referring to the $400 million aid package pledged by Qatari ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa during his visit to Gaza in October 2012.
Hamass deputy political bureau chief Moussa Abu Marzouk lambasted Arab Bank for neglecting to process the funds in comments posted on his Facebook page June 28.
Our thanks to Qatar, which has transferred the funds to Arab Bank, wrote Abu Marzouk, adding sarcastically that with excessive Arabness Arab Bank has refused to receive the money. PA President [Mahmoud Abbas] and the national unity government continue to discuss the mechanism, but there are those who continue to insist on receiving orders from the outside or implementing them before they are spoken.
The US State Department and the Arab Bank did not respond to requests for comments on the matter.
The salary crisis, which has plagued Hamas for months, compounded the most severe financial pitfall in the organizations history, caused by significant loss of revenue by the destruction of smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian border.
Abu Marzouk and former Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh have cited the financial crisis as a central factor in the current violent flareup, harshly criticizing the PA and Abbas for neglecting to pay Gazas civil servants as stipulated they claim by a unity agreement signed with Fatah in Cairo in May 2012. Hamas has demanded the transfer of the salaries as a condition for a ceasefire with Israel in the conflagration known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge that has been raging in the last week.
Towards Hamas?Jews surround Gaza with concrete walls, electrified fences, and towers where IDF snipers routinely fire unprovoked at Gazan citizens, especially children; head shots are a badge of honor for young Jews who've been raised to believe ALL Arabs are subhumans whose sole goal is to drive all Jews from their pizza parlors.There is no belligerent occupation.
Jews control Gaza's airspace and coastal waters.
Jews determine who many enter or leave Gaza at all times.
How does your definition of belligerent occupation differ from the above?
So Egypt is belligerent?
Why should indigenous Palestinians accept the fact that Jews have stolen their country?In which case, you can start by answering David Ben-Gurion's question:
"No one said it more candidly than David Ben-Gurion, the father of modern Israel, who years ago, was asked why Palestinians were still resisting.
"He summed up Palestinian grievances by saying 'They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?'
Pounding Gaza ? World?s Largest Open-Air Prison | The Nader Page
You can start here:
US blocked Qatari funds intended for Hamas employees | The Times of IsraelA diplomatic source in the Gulf state, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Qatar had transferred hundreds of millions of dollars to Arab Bank for the salaries of some 44,000 Hamas civil servants. Those civil servants employed by Hamas in Gaza since its takeover of the Strip in 2007 were rendered jobless by the unity agreement with Fatah last month.
But the money was never processed by Arab Bank and delivered to Hamas, the source told The Times of Israel, due to pressure from the Americans, who consider Hamas a terror organization.
This is strange, since funds from Qatar have never been blocked in the past, the source said, referring to the $400 million aid package pledged by Qatari ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa during his visit to Gaza in October 2012.
Hamass deputy political bureau chief Moussa Abu Marzouk lambasted Arab Bank for neglecting to process the funds in comments posted on his Facebook page June 28.
Our thanks to Qatar, which has transferred the funds to Arab Bank, wrote Abu Marzouk, adding sarcastically that with excessive Arabness Arab Bank has refused to receive the money. PA President [Mahmoud Abbas] and the national unity government continue to discuss the mechanism, but there are those who continue to insist on receiving orders from the outside or implementing them before they are spoken.
The US State Department and the Arab Bank did not respond to requests for comments on the matter.
The salary crisis, which has plagued Hamas for months, compounded the most severe financial pitfall in the organizations history, caused by significant loss of revenue by the destruction of smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian border.
Abu Marzouk and former Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyeh have cited the financial crisis as a central factor in the current violent flareup, harshly criticizing the PA and Abbas for neglecting to pay Gazas civil servants as stipulated they claim by a unity agreement signed with Fatah in Cairo in May 2012. Hamas has demanded the transfer of the salaries as a condition for a ceasefire with Israel in the conflagration known in Israel as Operation Protective Edge that has been raging in the last week.
That's the questions Palestinians have been asking since 1948:Why should indigenous Palestinians accept the fact that Jews have stolen their country?
Jews didn't steal their land. Your attempt to place Hamas as a cover for the rest of the Palestinians is noted but doesn't fly.
Where is the money?
Thanks for the link:w0w......evidently today, the Gaza subhumans are really getting their clocks cleaned.
Look to me like you have about 179 people in the world who share your sentiments George!!!
70 Palestinians reported dead; 13 Israeli troops killed in clashes - The Washington Post
By the way.....watch the video......been seeing the same shit for decades. These shitforbrains carry caskets around all over the city and are followed by thousands!! Is it any wonder they get their balls kicked in every time??? Like if they wave enough banana's at the TV they'll win the war.
This why the IDF cowards were so reluctant to enter Gaza and kept bombing from a distance.
Because they knew the Hamas freedom fighters would trounce them if they invaded with boots on the ground. ..
Depends on how you define winning.This why the IDF cowards were so reluctant to enter Gaza and kept bombing from a distance.
Because they knew the Hamas freedom fighters would trounce them if they invaded with boots on the ground. ..
Most of those IDF soldiers were killed by cowards popping out of the "harmless" tunnels.
Hamas = Pussy.
By the way:
Israel...Winning!
The Jews haven't fought an army since 1973, and they didn't perform too well at that time. Hamas is much better prepared this time, and if dozens of Jews begin dying daily in Gaza, the kosher home front will start having second thoughts.This why the IDF cowards were so reluctant to enter Gaza and kept bombing from a distance.
Because they knew the Hamas freedom fighters would trounce them if they invaded with boots on the ground. ..
That's the questions Palestinians have been asking since 1948:Why should indigenous Palestinians accept the fact that Jews have stolen their country?
Jews didn't steal their land. Your attempt to place Hamas as a cover for the rest of the Palestinians is noted but doesn't fly.
Where is the money?
"The absentee property played an enormous role in making Israel a viable state.
"In 1954, more than one third of Israel's Jewish population lived on absentee property and nearly a third of the new immigrants (250,000 people) settled in urban areas abandoned by Arabs.
"Of 370 new Jewish settlements established between 1948 and 1953, 350 were on absentee property.[104]
"The absentee property law is directly linked to the controversy of parallelism between the Jewish exodus from Arab and Muslim countries and the Palestinian exodus, as advocacy groups have suggested that there are strong ties between the two processes and some of them even claim that decoupling the two issues is unjust.[105][106][107][108]
"However, al-Husseini, Palestinian governor of East Jerusalem in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), has said that the Israeli law 'is racist and imperialistic, which aims at seizing thousands of acres and properties of lands'"
Reparations?
1948 Palestinian exodus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Why should indigenous Palestinians accept the fact that Jews have stolen their country?
Jews didn't steal their land. Your attempt to place Hamas as a cover for the rest of the Palestinians is noted but doesn't fly.
Where is the money?
