Life of Luxury in “World’s Largest Concentration Camp”
June 17, 2012 12:54 by Pesach Benson
Gold Porsche (illustration only)
Monaco or Gaza? The Economist notes this slice of life from “the world’s largest concentration camp.”
In the meantime, Hamas leaders seem increasingly content to enjoy the fruits of splendid isolation. The parliamentary car park, full of rickety bangers when Hamas first took office, now gleams with flash new models hauled through the tunnels under the Egyptian border. Two Hummer H3s and a golden Porsche were recently spotted cruising the streets. Ministers and members of parliament seem unbothered by the lack of accountability as well as reports of money-laundering. “We’re hunted and targeted,” explains a self-pitying MP on Hamas’s parliamentary ethics committee, who recently spent $28,000 on a new car with the help of a $12,000 loan from the movement.
I wish more hunted Hamas members were dumb enough to drive around Gaza in shiny gold Porsches.
(Image via Flickr/*JRFoto*)
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4:19 pm
Jun 17, 2012
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Stephen
5:08 pm
Jun 17, 2012
Wanted – new gold Porsche for $28,000.
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Ben Omonoyan
6:08 pm
Jun 17, 2012
How about this. .sordid life of luxury why the people are hungry and live in squallor? Where are the uncorrupt palestinian leadrs to make peace with? ?are there any, ,?…
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Bill Kelly
6:38 pm
Jun 17, 2012
The last sentence of this article sums up the hypocrisy of these Hamas leaders. Hopefully they ARE shooting there own foot.
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TheNightowl
11:57 am
Sep 06, 2012
It’d be nice if they’d choose more-lethal targets than their feet.
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Stephen
10:26 am
Jun 18, 2012
Interesting article in the economist. But for those of your readers who didn’t bother reading the article there is much of considerable interest pertaining to israel particularly Hamas current stance on rocket attacks. Unfortunately you chose to cherry pick the easy headline
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Is Hamas Interfering In Egyptian Elections? | The Conservative Papers
10:52 am
Jun 18, 2012
[...] • What’s a Hamas lawmaker in Gaza doing with a gold Porsche? It’s a “Life of Luxury in the World’s Largest Concentration Camp.” [...]
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Luxusleben im “größten Konzentrationslager der Welt“ « Medien BackSpin
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Jun 18, 2012
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Sulla mia Porsche tutta d’oro « Bugie dalle gambe lunghe
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Jun 22, 2012
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Les
6:05 pm
Sep 03, 2012
They’ll make excellent targets. Happy hunting IDF!
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Salim Varese
8:37 pm
Sep 05, 2012
Where can I get a golden Porche for $28.000??
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Noam
7:43 pm
Sep 11, 2012
A direct hit on the parliamentary car park would cause pain directly to those who steal from the poor public there. I’ll bet the public would rejoice. We should hit every flash car and every fancy McMansion; hit them in their bank accounts.
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Leonard
6:29 pm
Oct 17, 2012
Next Israeli air raid attack should make an honest misdirection–Golden Porche , preferably with a Hamas lawmaker in it.
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Nov 16, 2012
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Joseph Feld
9:25 pm
Nov 19, 2012
Let me guess whose tax money is paying the salaries of these PA officials. Could it be the USA and the EU? Has there been any effort to get back the five or six billion dollars Chairman Arafat is rumoured to have stashed away in Swiss and French banks? Not bad money for the head of a non-existant state. Possibly even more than Peres or Bibi have in their bank accounts.
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emes
1:17 am
Nov 21, 2012
There have been comments on Yahoo regarding the tragic state of living situations of the “poor Palestinians,” even expressing that the people are living in “mud huts.” – there is no rationale and because even if peace reigned the Palestinians would still turn any land, properties and possessions into schmutz – The oil rich barons see this and turn their backs to the situation neither helping nor caring for their own!
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Nov 23, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012
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Shira
3:09 am
Dec 13, 2012
All in a day’s work….It’s probably a bonus for being a “best in class” terrorist. Well documented research on what motive us in the workplace shows that as long as the task involves killing..that is mechanical skill, bonuses worked as expected…. see more http://vimeo.com/15488784
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