Comments on: A Taste of “Concentration Camp” Gaza: The Commodore Hotel http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:41:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carol http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-40374 Carol Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:26:52 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-40374 Dear Walt et al., I recently stayed at the Commadore in Gaza (ie last week). After the tank water ran out Sea water came out the shower. I assume this is what people who can't afford bottled or tank water (ie most people there) have to drink. The breakfast , like the availability of food in general in Gaza was sufficient but basic. From the window you can watch people swimming in the sea into which raw sewrage is being dumped as there is no infrastructure for managing this. The air conditioning depended on generators as there was only intermittent power so rooms facing the sun became very hot. There was no swimming pool, no sauna, no restaurants, no malls, no souvenir shops either and the mini fridge didn't work as there was no power. As far as I know we were the only ones staying there,..no rich Arabs, no Palestinians living it up, no sheiks or Hamas having big parties if that is what you are imagining happens there. The Commadore, like the rest of Gaza, is a first world hotel being forced to operate as best it can whilst Gaza is squeezed into third world conditions. Dear Walt et al.,
I recently stayed at the Commadore in Gaza (ie last week). After the tank water ran out Sea water came out the shower. I assume this is what people who can't afford bottled or tank water (ie most people there) have to drink. The breakfast , like the availability of food in general in Gaza was sufficient but basic. From the window you can watch people swimming in the sea into which raw sewrage is being dumped as there is no infrastructure for managing this. The air conditioning depended on generators as there was only intermittent power so rooms facing the sun became very hot. There was no swimming pool, no sauna, no restaurants, no malls, no souvenir shops either and the mini fridge didn't work as there was no power. As far as I know we were the only ones staying there,..no rich Arabs, no Palestinians living it up, no sheiks or Hamas having big parties if that is what you are imagining happens there. The Commadore, like the rest of Gaza, is a first world hotel being forced to operate as best it can whilst Gaza is squeezed into third world conditions.

]]> By: Michael Zvi Krumbein http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-37667 Michael Zvi Krumbein Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:36:06 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-37667 It's fixed. Highly recommended. And a good example of why an agreement will not lead to peace. It's fixed. Highly recommended. And a good example of why an agreement will not lead to peace.

]]> By: Fancy Fortune Cookies – Cat from Iowa – COCONUT Taste Test http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-37129 Fancy Fortune Cookies – Cat from Iowa – COCONUT Taste Test Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:26:12 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-37129 [...] A Taste of “Concentration Camp” Gaza: The Commodore Hotel … [...] [...] A Taste of “Concentration Camp” Gaza: The Commodore Hotel … [...]

]]> By: israellycool http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-37101 israellycool Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:33:48 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-37101 Thanks for that! Thanks for that!

]]> By: MandyManners http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-37062 MandyManners Thu, 22 Jul 2010 15:05:21 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-37062 Hi, Dave! I just posted this at LGF and thought I'd share it here. If you'll be my Gazan chicken, I'll be your Tel Aviv lamb,... [youtube 1FekVR_SC5M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FekVR_SC5M youtube] Hi, Dave! I just posted this at LGF and thought I'd share it here.

If you'll be my Gazan chicken, I'll be your Tel Aviv lamb,…

[youtube 1FekVR_SC5M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FekVR_SC5M youtube]

]]> By: Don Cox http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-37021 Don Cox Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:49:53 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-37021 That Global Forum link doesn't work. That Global Forum link doesn’t work.

]]> By: Jerusalem Center http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-37016 Jerusalem Center Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:10:28 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-37016 Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi is a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Halevi explains why some are so keen to perpetuate the Zionist Occupation of Gaza, instead of gain independence there: <a href="http://www.globallawforum.org/ViewPublication.aspx?ArticleId=131" target="_blank">http://www.globallawforum.org/ViewPublication.asp...</a> Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi is a senior researcher of the Middle East and radical Islam at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Halevi explains why some are so keen to perpetuate the Zionist Occupation of Gaza, instead of gain independence there:
http://www.globallawforum.org/ViewPublication.asp…

]]> By: juvanya http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-37012 juvanya Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:28:47 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-37012 From that blog: <blockquote>The 5 star Commodore hotel in Gaza city with a view of the Mediterranean Sea. Not what you expect to see after having read report after report about the misery inflicted on the civil society.</blockquote> Gee I wonder why... <blockquote>It was peaceful, no militant slogans were chanted and I was interviewed by several self-declared journalists without press cards (including Press TV in my native Farsi language).</blockquote> Thats not suspicious <blockquote>Not once did they ask for money or desperately needed goods. They wanted us to take pictures and videotape their misery so we could report it.</blockquote> Hmmm................... <blockquote>One hour spent at the orphanage and three hours in a disgusting self serving display of us playing football at the stadium alongside Hamas officials. The girls weren't allow to play. ... Some stayed anyway but were forced on buses when they were apprehended. We broke the siege shortly only to do it again as soon as possible!</blockquote> They treated us like crap; lets go back! This moron is in serious denial. From that blog:

The 5 star Commodore hotel in Gaza city with a view of the Mediterranean Sea. Not what you expect to see after having read report after report about the misery inflicted on the civil society.

Gee I wonder why…

It was peaceful, no militant slogans were chanted and I was interviewed by several self-declared journalists without press cards (including Press TV in my native Farsi language).

Thats not suspicious

Not once did they ask for money or desperately needed goods. They wanted us to take pictures and videotape their misery so we could report it.

Hmmm……………….

One hour spent at the orphanage and three hours in a disgusting self serving display of us playing football at the stadium alongside Hamas officials. The girls weren't allow to play.
…
Some stayed anyway but were forced on buses when they were apprehended.

We broke the siege shortly only to do it again as soon as possible!

They treated us like crap; lets go back!

This moron is in serious denial.

]]> By: The Day In Israel: Thursday July 22nd, 2010 : Israellycool http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-37006 The Day In Israel: Thursday July 22nd, 2010 : Israellycool Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:27:25 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-37006 [...] 8:55AM: The latest in my Taste of a “Concentration Camp” Gaza series: The Commodore Hotel. [...] [...] 8:55AM: The latest in my Taste of a “Concentration Camp” Gaza series: The Commodore Hotel. [...]

]]> By: walt kovacs http://www.israellycool.com/2010/07/22/a-taste-of-%e2%80%9cconcentration-camp%e2%80%9d-gaza-the-commodore-hotel/comment-page-1/#comment-37002 walt kovacs Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:08:37 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/?p=21320#comment-37002 how many hotels are there in the world's largest outdoor prison? i know that many here like and admire mark regev...but i think he and his ministry are doing a crap job this stuff shouldnt be seen on blogs...it should be released to the msm and when bibi, mark or any other spokesperson (and would be nice if they used persons of color and women) they should be whipping out pics of the hotels, malls, swimming pools, horseback riding camps...etc sure, there is poverty in gaza...mostly caused by hamas who uses its own people...but there is no humanitarian crisis how many hotels are there in the world's largest outdoor prison?

i know that many here like and admire mark regev…but i think he and his ministry are doing a crap job

this stuff shouldnt be seen on blogs…it should be released to the msm

and when bibi, mark or any other spokesperson (and would be nice if they used persons of color and women) they should be whipping out pics of the hotels, malls, swimming pools, horseback riding camps…etc

sure, there is poverty in gaza…mostly caused by hamas who uses its own people…but there is no humanitarian crisis

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