August 11, 2008
Give these people a state, and quick
Gosh, it's a good thing the Palestinians and Israeli have a ceasefire right now otherwise how could Hamas train kids to kill Jews? They couldn't!
Youths leaped through fiery hoops as gunfire echoed in an action-packed graduation ceremony for a Hamas summer camp aimed at preparing the youngsters for battle against Israel.About 200 teens dressed in the uniforms of the Hamas military wing showed off their new skills Sunday in a sandy, ramshackle stadium in the eastern Shejaiyeh area of Gaza City. The goal of the Hamas camp was clear - train the youth in military tactics and impart the militant Islamic ideology that has characterized Hamas.
A truce that began June 19, halting Palestinian rocket barrages and Israeli reprisal raids, provided the calm for the camp to proceed unhindered.
And gee, isn't it great that Israel pulled out of Gaza? I mean, just because their own security dropped with the pullout is no reason to keep "occupying" the land, right? I'm sure Europe and America would do the same. Right?
"There's no doubt that the stability and calm has created a good atmosphere that has allowed us to make more summer camps, and oversee the youths," said Ismail Ridwan in a telephone interview to The Associated Press.The Hamas legislator said when he was a child, Hamas was not able to hold camps because of Israel's occupation of the Gaza Strip.
Hat-tip I.C.
Posted by Karol at August 11, 2008 09:53 AM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags: Hamas+Camps Gaza+Strip
Ah, summer camp. The smell of flowers, woodlands, cordite...
Posted by: Eric at August 11, 2008 10:50 AM
