SATIRE. The sky in Gaza is black, but in Qatar always sunny

Gaza’s millionaires and billionaires - How Hamas’s leaders got rich quick

One of the mysteries of the last war in Gaza can be seen in the photos coming out of the tiny enclave: On the one hand, there is the desolation and squalor of Gaza neighborhoods where hundreds of thousands of Gazans live, and on the other, pictures of the homes owned by Hamas’s top officials, complete with gym equipment and fancy furniture, or else images of the five-star hotel suites where they stay.
“Some of them were born of intermarriages between Egyptians and Gazans, with no money at all.
In its putative stage, the organization – not yet called Hamas – fed off the Israeli military establishment, which funded Islamic associations in Gaza in an effort to counterbalance Fatah.
On the day they decided to cut ties with Israel and seek funding elsewhere, their phenomenal wealth started growing”.
The money came from several directions.
“Donations by the families of people who died, charity money, called ‘zakat' in Arabic and the donations of various countries. It started with Syria, Saudi Arabia, then Iran, one of the main sponsors, and ended with Qatar which has today taken Iran’s place.”