According to the US Census Bureau the GDP of Gaza declined by 8% from 2006-2008; the time period when Hamas kicked out Fatah with an inflation rate in their currency by 4%. In 2005, unemployment in Gaza was 20%. In 2006, when Hamas took over, it doubled to 40%.
In 2005, less than 50% were living below the poverty line. IN 2007, DURING HAMAS CONTROL OF GAZA, 80% OF THE PEOPLE LIVED BELOW THE POVERTY LINE. Yep, them Israelis sure were starving the Palestinian people... 1 1/2 years before they got there! Must have been that sheeny curse olololol
The only good thing to come from Gaza since Hamas takeover was their literacy rate.
2005: 87.6%
2008: 88%
*slow handclap*
Brown guys: muhammad jihad arabs
white guys with funny caps: JEWSSSS
EDIT: Wow, big mistake here. While the per capita GDP declined, the spending power of Gaza + West Bank increased from 1 billion to 5 billion!!!!
And yet... unemployment has doubled and poverty (BEFORE THE ISRAELI ATTACKS) was at 80%???
So, where is the money going? I'll give you a hint NOT TO THE PEOPLE LOL!
For those that don't know, this is what Hamas' rockets look like. I didn't know what Velfarre was talking about with sugar rockets but WOW these things look like oversized bottle rockets.
CAN'T GET ANY GAYER CAN YOU HAMAS???
EDIT 2: Jesus Christ, look at the propulsion method on those things? It's probably a fuse attached to 300 sticks of dynamite. I wouldn't be surprised if more rockets landed in Gaza than they did in Israel. Holy crap, way to spend 5 billion dollars guys. While your people are starving you're stuffing the faces of the militia leaders like hummos, schawarma, moutabal, and tabouleh.
"Sir! Israel is kicking our butts!"
"SHUT UP AND WASH MY FEET PREPARE MY MEZZE!"
Look at you
look at how stupid this statement is.
What happened between 2005 and 2008? It couldn't have been the food and medical blockade on Gaza could it? It couldn't have been the walls erected around Gazan settlements? Do you even think before you post? Check my post above, Hamas spends NINETY PERCENT of its budget on humanitarian and social programs. They are not spending 4 billion on weapons or feeding anyone's faces.
Edit: source since you'll ask for it
http://www.cfr.org/publication/10499/Is Hamas only a terrorist group?
No. In addition to its military wing, the so-called Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigade, Hamas devotes much of its estimated $70-million annual budget to an extensive social services network. Indeed, the extensive social and political work done by Hamas - and its reputation among Palestinians as averse to corruption - partly explain its defeat of the Fatah old guard in the 2006 legislative vote. Hamas funds schools, orphanages, mosques, healthcare clinics, soup kitchens, and sports leagues. "Approximately 90 percent of its work is in social, welfare, cultural, and educational activities," writes the Israeli scholar Reuven Paz. The Palestinian Authority often fails to provide such services, and Hamas's efforts in this area—as well as a reputation for honesty, in contrast to the many Fatah officials accused of corruption—help to explain the broad popularity it summoned to defeat Fatah in the PA's recent elections.
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