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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Utoya - A Not So Innocent Youth Camp

The Guardian was quick to pounce on a remark by Glenn Beck in which he wondered what the meaning of a "political youth camp" actually was in Utoya, Norway and might it be something like the Hitler-Youth.

The Guardian promptly skewed this into a headline saying:
Glenn Beck likens Norwegian dead to Hitler youth


So what was REALLY going on on Utoya Island?

It is dated last Thursday, 21st July ... the day before the massacre at Utoya.

The picture is of Norwegian Foreign Minister Gahre-Store on a visit to the AUF (Workers' Youth League) 'campers' at Utoya.  After being escorted around the camp by AUF leader Eskil Pedersen, the campers demand a boycott of Israel and that Norway recognize the Palestinian state.  

To which the minister reportedly replied, to cheers from the 'campers': The Palestinians must have their own state, the occupation must end, the wall must be demolished and it must happen now.

Whilst this doesn't change the fact that this was a monstrous slaughter of innocent kids, one has to ask who is this Pederson guy and to what lengths has his Workers Youth League gone to incite impressionable kids with such hatred of Israel fuelled by lies and propaganda about deprivation in Gaza? 

It is reported that one of the main activities on Utoya last week was "Break the Blockade" games.  Here's a mock Palestinian aid boat bearing the sign Opphev Blokkaden Gaza - Unlock the Gaza Blockade. 

MEANWHILE:  Earlier this month Gaza opened its newest and grandest shopping mall. 


Biggest mall in Gaza Strip opens its doors




Al Andalusia Mall





Gaza: The biggest mall in the Gaza Strip opened its doors on Tuesday with several hundreds of residents thronging the complex.


The inaugural celebrations of the Al Andalusia Mall were as big as the mall itself, which houses branded clothes, cosmetics, office supplies, toys, shoes and appliances, etc.


Despite the reasonable prices, not many were interested in buying goods due to the financial crisis facing the impoverished strip. Most residents are poor and added to that the government staff were paid only half their June salary due to financial crisis.


The residents were more excited over the size of the mall and the escalators rather than shopping.


Mahmoud Ebed, a governmental employee, said: "I was curious to see the mall but I will not buy anything from here today."


"The prices are reasonable but I still didn’t receive the other half of my June salary," Mahmoud added.


Many residents still prefer to go to the public market.


Wael Al Whedi, an engineer working in a non-governmental organisation, was one of the few who actually made a purchase on the opening day.


Al Whedi said: "In general, the prices are reasonable for the middle class but most of the people in Gaza still don’t have the culture of buying from a mall."


Dr Alaa Al Deen Al Rafati, economy minister in Gaza government, said: "Projects like this are important for the economy as Gaza is not an industrial economy."


Ihab Al Isawia, a mall investor, said: "The mall is built on a 3,000-square meter land and has 14 departments providing goods and services."


The mall even has a swimming pool and a small cinema theatre.
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Videos debunking the Gaza deprivation libels can be viewed below:


Arab Israeli Actor Juliano Mer-Khamis murdered by Arab terrorists, predicted his own death by Palestinians in this video from 2008. He worked at his theater in the Palestinian Arab town of Jenin. See the full article about his murder HERE