THE POOR, STARVING CHILDREN OF GAZA – NOT – AT 9:32 A.M. ET:   We are constantly being bombarded by leftist nonsense about the "desperate" situation in Gaza.  I don't know.  This, from the great Muslim journalist Khaled Abu Toameh, in the Jerusalem Post, doesn't look much like desperation to me:

The biggest Palestinian shopping mall is scheduled to open in the Gaza Strip in mid-June.

This will be the second shopping mall to open in the Gaza Strip in a year. Last July, Palestinians opened a two-story mall that includes a supermarket, international clothing stores, a food court, beauty products, a children’s playground and a restaurant.

The modern three-story complex is the first of its kind in the Palestinian territories, said Ehab al-Issawi, executive director of the Al-Hayat Tureed Company that owns the mall...

...Issawi explained that the first floor would house a huge supermarket that would consist of various departments offering food and household items as well as stationary.

The second floor would have many clothes and gift shops, while the third floor would become home to a large restaurant, a modern coffee shop, a cinema and entertainment sites for children.

COMMENT:  Who is this mall for?  Israeli tourists?  Left-wing European journalists visiting Gaza to describe the horrible conditions? 

A new flotilla of "peace activists" is set to leave Turkey soon to bring "humanitarian" supplies to Gaza.  Better they should bring themselves, go to the mall, make some purchases, and help these people build a legitimate economy.  But that's exactly what these "peace activists" don't want.  Their "narrative" requires a culture of victimization, whether true or not.

May 24, 2011