Gaza water park burned!

[Amazinger]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A Gaza amusement park recently shuttered by the Hamas government has been burned down.

Ala al-Araj, an owner of Gaza Crazy Water park, says masked men tied up guards early Sunday, dumped gasoline around the plastic slides and torched them.

The park is one of Gaza's few recreational sites and serves the area's small wealthy class.

The Hamas government shut it down in August after men and women were seen mixing together. Hamas police also accused the park's staff of serving water-pipes to women. Hamas has banned the pipes for women.

In June, assailants torched a U.N. children's summer camp after Hamas officials condemned it for spreading immorality among children.

Hamas officials would not comment.


Bunch short sighted nimrods .Now where are the kids going to play?.

[Amazinger]

Unidentified gunmen on Sunday set fore to Crazy Water Park, one of the Gaza Strip's most popular entertainment sites.

Eyewitnesses said that at least 25 assailants participated in the pre-dawn attack. The gunmen beat the two night watchmen, bound their hands and confiscated their mobile phones before setting the complex on fire, they said.


Manager Ala al-A'raj said that the water park was closed down by Hamas two weeks ago. He said that no one was injured in the attack, which destroyed the resort completely.

No group claimed responsibility for the arson and the Hamas government, which issued a strong condemnation, promised to pursue the perpetrators and bring them to trial.

Two human rights organizations also condemned the torching of Crazy Water Park and called for an immediate investigation.

"The attackers stormed the resort using a four-wheel drive vehicle," one of the guards told a human rights group. "They along with another group of gunmen, set fire to the two main buildings, Beduin tents and 300 nargilas [water pipes]."

Last week the Hamas government ordered the closure of Crazy Water Park for three weeks under the pretext that the place did not have a proper license.

Last month Hamas policemen raided the resort and expelled dozens of men and women who had gathered for a fast-breaking meal during Ramadan. The owner of the site was summoned for questioning and warned not to hold events where men and women sit together.

Sources in the Gaza Strip said that Hamas has been targeting the water park because the owners violated an order banning women from smoking the nargila in public places.

Last week the Hamas authorities closed down the Sama sea-side restaurant in Gaza City where a woman was seen smoking the nargila.

Human rights activists said that Hamas has recently stepped up its efforts to impose strict Islamic teachings in the Gaza Strip.

They noted that last week Hamas closed down the Aseel Horse Club, also under the pretext that it was operating without a proper license.

Hamas policemen also raided the Beach Hotel and handed the owner an order closing it down for three days. The decision was taken because one of the hotel restaurants had allowed a woman to smoke the nargila.

Two weeks ago Hamas policemen also stormed two halls in Gaza City where cultural events were taking place and kicked out the guests. The owners of the halls were requested to sign a document pledging that they would not host such events in the future.

Ehab Ghissin, spokesman for the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Interior, condemned the attack on Crazy Water Park, describing it as a "criminal case." He vowed that Hamas would do its utmost to capture the culprits. He added that the resort had been closed down because of "violations against the law," but did not elaborate.

[Sweet Jesus]

Religion of peace.

[Flawless*]

Oh no, some burned down a water park. What will we do now? How will we survive? Someone think of the children? Life can no longer go on in the Gaza strip. It’s the end of the road



Who cares about a stupid water park, when people of Gaza live under the inhumane blockade, which has crippled the economy and the living standards of the Gaza strip? An act of vandalism shouldn’t overshadow the war crime Israel committed in the Gaza strip, where children were routinely killed and sections of the city completely destroyed. Let's not forget also the wall in the West Bank which basically stole more Palestinian land and the continuing illegal expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Oh wait, the water park

[squealpiggy]

Originally Posted by Flawless*

Oh no, some burned down a water park. What will we do now? How will we survive? Someone think of the children? Life can no longer go on in the Gaza strip. It’s the end of the road



Who cares about a stupid water park, when people of Gaza live under the inhumane blockade, which has crippled the economy and the living standards of the Gaza strip? An act of vandalism shouldn’t overshadow the war crime Israel committed in the Gaza strip, where children were routinely killed and sections of the city completely destroyed. Let's not forget also the wall in the West Bank which basically stole more Palestinian land and the continuing illegal expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Oh wait, the water park

If the article had said that the Israelis burned it down your voice of condemnation would be among the loudest.

[Abstraction]

Originally Posted by Flawless*

Oh no, some burned down a water park. What will we do now? How will we survive? Someone think of the children? Life can no longer go on in the Gaza strip. It’s the end of the road



Who cares about a stupid water park, when people of Gaza live under the inhumane blockade, which has crippled the economy and the living standards of the Gaza strip? An act of vandalism shouldn’t overshadow the war crime Israel committed in the Gaza strip, where children were routinely killed and sections of the city completely destroyed. Let's not forget also the wall in the West Bank which basically stole more Palestinian land and the continuing illegal expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Oh wait, the water park

This.

Most guys are silent and at peace when Israel treats these people like dogs. But when something like this happens, their outta the woodwork, frothing at the mouth

[squealpiggy]

Originally Posted by Abstraction

This.

Most guys are silent and at peace when Israel treats these people like dogs. But when something like this happens, their outta the woodwork, frothing at the mouth

Or... it's the absolute opposite and most people howl rabidly if Israel so much as farts when the wind is blowing towards Palestine and are willing to ignore or even to justify acts of atrocity carried out against muslims by their so-called muslim brothers.

Which is why if, for example, Israel refuses to change a controversial policy in the first two weeks of peace negotiations there's a topic on here condemning them within minutes, while if Hamas for example attacks and burns a children's summer camp or fires phosphorous shells directly at Israeli civilians or sets about murdering political rivals following their election victory the voices are notoriously silent.

[Amazinger]

Originally Posted by Flawless*

Oh no, some burned down a water park. What will we do now? How will we survive? Someone think of the children? Life can no longer go on in the Gaza strip. It’s the end of the road



Who cares about a stupid water park, when people of Gaza live under the inhumane blockade, which has crippled the economy and the living standards of the Gaza strip? An act of vandalism shouldn’t overshadow the war crime Israel committed in the Gaza strip, where children were routinely killed and sections of the city completely destroyed. Let's not forget also the wall in the West Bank which basically stole more Palestinian land and the continuing illegal expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank

Oh wait, the water park

As expected...
Yet you could not see what Hamas is doing to it's own people.........
Read the second article again.

[TBear]

Originally Posted by squealpiggy

If the article had said that the Israelis burned it down your voice of condemnation would be among the loudest.

This would be a twenty page thread if that were the case.

[Amazinger]

Originally Posted by squealpiggy

Or... it's the absolute opposite and most people howl rabidly if Israel so much as farts when the wind is blowing towards Palestine and are willing to ignore or even to justify acts of atrocity carried out against muslims by their so-called muslim brothers.

Which is why if, for example, Israel refuses to change a controversial policy in the first two weeks of peace negotiations there's a topic on here condemning them within minutes, while if Hamas for example attacks and burns a children's summer camp or fires phosphorous shells directly at Israeli civilians or sets about murdering political rivals following their election victory the voices are notoriously silent.

Those mortar attacks and rocket attacks by those radicals and the retaliation by IDF collapsed the negotiations last week.