A Taste of “Concentration Camp” Gaza: The Grand Palace Hotel
Inspired by the Gaza mall photos, I will endeavor to feature various facilities from Gaza over the next few weeks, with the aim of providing readers with a glimpse into the real Gaza, which is anything but a concentration camp as some claim.
My point is not that there is no hardship in Gaza, but rather that the situation is a far cry from what is being presented by the palestinians, their supporters and the mainstream media.
Introducing Gaza’s Grand Palace Hotel, billed as “One of the most luxurious hotels in Gaza Strip.”
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Hotel exterior
Hotel lobby
Hotel lobby
Hotel lobby
Hotel room
Hotel bathroom
Hotel restaurant
Hotel restaurant
Hotel restaurant
Conference room
Rooms have cable internet, television with international channels, air conditioning, and a mini-bar (non-alcoholic, of course)
More photos and video here.
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About the Author: An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.
Looks very nice, but where is the pool?
This looks nice enough to accommodate all those journalists in the style to which they are accustomed who write about the horrible suffering of the poor folk of Gaza. Maybe even a few UN bigshots.
Hey Dave, check also the Al-Deira-Hotel in Gaza. http://www.aldeira.ps/en/main.html
As a guest wrote: "A haven of tranquility, with excellent service". Sounds really bad.
I did already check it out and had my post on it scheduled for tomorrow. So much for the element of surprise..!
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So kitsch… it's a crime against humanity.
I've said it before and I'll say it again… no war but the class war.
Funny, the Warsaw Ghetto had a nice hotel, too. Incarcerated Jewish musicians even played music there and had quite a good time, for a while. Surely that makes it less terrible.
Great attempt at moral equivalence there, Nick. If you read Dave's opening line, great effort in throwing yourself at the point, and missing completely.
So the Jews incarcerated in Warsaw cried "ghetto" to the UN, the BBC, the churches, Reuters, and there was a flood of worldwide condemnation decrying the inhumanity? As I recall, there was nothing but a flood of silence until it was too late.
Oh, and when the Israelis round up these "incarcerated" Gazans and start exterminating millions of them in gas chambers, etc, you will be sure to let us know won't you.
Judging by those interior shots, it looks like Hamas have declared a Jihad on interior decorating.
I believe there's poverty and hardship in Israel, too. Can we blame that on the UN?
None of that is going to happen, therefore the two sides are never going to stop fighting unless and until one of them is forced to do so. Period, end of sentence, end of paragraph, end of story. They have, as we say in the law, “irreconcilable differences.” Unfortunately, they cannot divorce nor divest, which is usually the remedy for same. So this will go on. Forever. It’s not going to stop. Ever.
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