Let's Hang Out At This Club In Gaza

Wow. From fine dining at the cafe, to exquisite banquet halls, let's head down to the Roots Club (Cairo Street, Gaza, Palestine). Get me in the club!



If you think this is BS, why don't you click here to go it's website. Surprised? I know I am!

There is an online photo gallery by a freelance Palestinian photographer that you can visit: I'm very glad to learn (from these photo galleries) that Palestinians also do go shopping, get immunization jabs, visit libraries, and play musical instruments like us here - maybe not as much - if those photos I've seen in these links are truly from Palestine, and not staged by the Israeli government.

Of course we must not ignore or deny the other 'terrible side' of life at Gaza.


Here's something about Hamas government from Times Online (December 2008):

The political leadership of Hamas is probably the most highly qualified in the world. Boasting more than 500 PhDs in its ranks, the majority are middle-class professionals - doctors, dentists, scientists and engineers.

Credits to Karim for sharing with me the Times Online article. Perhaps we must adjust our distorted image of Hamas. Another pearl of what William Sieghart has put in that article:

It is said that this [Israel-Palestine] conflict is impossible to solve. In fact, it is very simple. The top 1,000 people who run Israel - the politicians, generals and security staff - and the top Palestinian Islamists have never met. Genuine peace will require that these two groups sit down together without preconditions

I fully agree with Sieghart.