Ale-Less in Gaza
Israel MatzavWant to know what Gaza is like today? Little Green Footballs links to this account by a London Daily Telegraph reporter of his most recent trip to Hamasistan:
At the end of a day like yesterday, I would normally retire to the UN Beach Club, a low-rise concrete joint whose seediness is more than compensated for by its views of the Mediterranean. And, of course, the fact that it is the only place in Gaza where you can get a drink.
Over the years, thousands of Middle Eastern hands have had reason to remember it fondly. Yes, we often thought as the barman placed the first frosted glasses of Heineken before us on a scorching mid-summer evening, there is a point to the United Nations.
Yesterday the Beach Club was still there. But the bar wasn’t. Unknown saboteurs arrived at dawn a few days ago, tied up the guards and planted a bomb that reduced the interior to matchwood.
The way things are going in Gaza, it seems unlikely that the dear old Beach Club will be re-opening its doors any time soon.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:32 AM
1 Comments:
A bomb in Gaza, but this must be front page news, right?
Right?
The Arabs have a problem when the world considers Arab violence a "dog-bites-man" story.
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