Hamas Tries to Shut Down Partying in Gaza

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The Hamas narrative, the one rebroadcast by BDS activists and clueless media outlets, is that Gaza is a giant prison made out of pieces of smashed buildings and crying children.

In reality it has a whole lot of millionaires (many of them affiliated with Hamas), shopping malls, posh neighborhoods and five-star hotels.

And despite this AP story’s attempt to tone down the reality, the parties are back to the frustration of Hamas which wants lots of photos of crying kids.

Not men and women having a good time. Especially not together.

After a ruinous war, Gaza is rushing back to a veneer of normalcy at astonishing speed. Street cafes and beaches are packed with people until late at night. Families crowd the few public parks. Wedding halls are booked solid.

The burst of liveliness is startling. Cafes on the streets or on Gaza’s Mediterranean beaches are a main venue for nightlife, since under Hamas there are no cinemas or theaters. In the three weeks since fighting ended, coffeehouses have thronged with men, women and families. Commercial streets are choked with shoppers.

The Hamas government appears to have been caught off guard. Last week, authorities banned street parties, saying it was acting out of respect for the families of the dead. That put an end to bachelor celebrations traditionally held in the streets ahead of weddings — but not other forms of nightlife.

Hamas has run Gaza with an iron fist, tolerating little or no dissent and weighing heavily on people’s lives with an overwhelming narrative of religious piety and resistance against Israel.

Its security agents are so omnipresent people nickname them the “ground drones” — a play on the Israeli drones that often hover over Gaza. Hamas at times intervenes to separate mixed-gender activities among young people or to halt cultural programs it deems immoral or influenced by the West. Most main squares are adorned with giant billboards extolling jihad against Israel.

Gaza isn’t destroyed and it’s being weighed down by Hamas and its insistence on professional misery to manipulate the world’s emotions.

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  • cheri

    We (ONR) have some laser weapons to take care of those drones. That gold jewelry looks mighty enticing. I wonder what prices they are selling it at?

  • joan

    Talking to the local communist campus jerks, I was told they would abolish Star Course, because it was frivolous and not needed. Students should all be reading Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book and learning the great wisdom of Karl Marx.

    Great minds think alike. Communists and Hamas: 2 peas in a pod

    http://star-course.com/#about

    Star Course is the University’s oldest student-run organization dating back to 1892. Designed to contract, promote and stage campus entertainment, Star Course brought its first orchestra to the University in 1912.

  • hrwolfe

    This is truly sad. Do you wonder about those in the streets wanting to party, do they hate Israel so much that they put up with this? Good gosh they seem to want the same as Israel so go for it and toss Humass aside. Why do they put up with it?

    • Contemptuous Maximus

      They voted for it,as Americans did twice for the revolting fool Obama. Buyer’s remorse anyone?

  • UCSPanther

    Just like what the Taliban did when they ruled Afghanistan with their ramshackle totalitarian theocracy…

  • cheri

    I am sorry. I should have stated the full name: Office of Naval Research.