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Haniyeh urges Palestinians to holiday in Gaza
Published Monday 11/03/2013 (updated) 13/03/2013 21:49
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Monday urged Palestinians to spend their summer holiday in the Gaza Strip.

"I call upon our people in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the 1948 territories to visit the Gaza Strip and spend happy days with their relatives and brothers during the summer on the beach," Haniyeh told Ma'an while taking a break from jogging along the beach in Gaza City.

"Gaza is safe and stable, and it is a meeting point for national unity," Haniyeh said.

"From the bottom of my heart I say that there is no need for touristic normalization with the Israeli occupation. There is no need for our people to go to Israeli beaches in occupied Palestine. I hereby tell them to come to Gaza which will be happy with their presence."
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1 ) Arnold / Canada
11/03/2013 18:53
Hold on a second. If the world is led to believe that Gaza is an open air prison with men , women, and children dying of malnutrition on the street then how in the heck does Haniyeh think he is going to feed and house them ? Could it be this has been a ruse from DAY 1.
2 ) Mel / USA
11/03/2013 19:48
Bravo!Haniyeh is correct!Heads of state have walked into Leper colonies,to break the myths of ignorance!Come on Obama?Fill a back-pack,bring that US tax-cash we PAY U to serve democracy,&protect/defend US integrity. JOIN THE FREEDOM RIDERS,to Gaza? Jews,Christians,Muslims,walk the path of Jesus &other great prophets,to Palestine,for the HOLY LAND,tolerance&DEMOCRACY!Recall why we freed the NAZI CAMPS & didn't walk around them! "The denial of freedom is the denial of life itself"(MLK Jnr)
3 ) to Arnold / Here
11/03/2013 20:14
Well, Mister Haniyeh is simply being pathetic.
4 ) G.H / ____
11/03/2013 21:21
Great invoke. He thinks proper. Palestinians should spend their summer holiday and money in the Gaza Strip. That could improve the economic disaster in Gaza, could secure the livelihood of many people.
5 ) Potash katiftof / Israel
11/03/2013 21:57
Looks just like tel aviv in that pic
6 ) People / Few
11/03/2013 22:08
Where are the Gaza people on that picture? What Hamas did to them? Are they hiding in the tunnels? I can see only Haniyeh and his bodyguards. And they are still talking about overcrouded Gaza - you can hardly see any people on the streets.
7 ) Olimpic / Games
11/03/2013 22:20
Is this UN sponsored Gaza marathon shown on the picture? I thought they cancelled it because of the lack of female runners. Please explain.
8 ) yitzhak / rabin
12/03/2013 00:04
how old is the city of tel aviv lol since illegaly occupied 1946
9 ) wonderful beaches / 5 star hotes
12/03/2013 04:23
no jews safe haven garden of Eden!!! come in droves
10 ) A.M / Palestine
12/03/2013 08:25
I think Mr Haniyeh is very confused as to what the definition of a touristic beach is.
11 ) Antwan / Bethlehem
12/03/2013 09:07
Is that guy getting crazy or what !!! who can access Gaza even we from the West-Bank need permissions to make it to Gaza
12 ) Mel / USA
12/03/2013 15:46
#11:No,not crazy!Global tourists should go to Gaza,to visit the wonderful,brave Palestinians,& get a reality check on how USG&Israel tortures human beings,who resistPAIN!Sit on once-golden beaches lined with Israeli sewage.No clean H20,on tap,Israel's BOMBED the DeSal Plants!'Relax',under spying DRONES,& watch out for Israeli-Navy missiles fired at families!Go fishing,before dawn,in Gaza boats &get H2O-cannoned,scuppered by IsraeliCoastGuard(within the Gazan zone).'Do unto others...'Obama!!!
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