Kids Selling Weapons At Gaza Auto Market

By
Omri Ceren
– May 11, 2007Posted in: Palestinians

A couple days ago, Elder responded to some of our questions about the Gaza school shooting. We had asked why it looked like every single part of Gaza was bristling with concealed and open weapons, even though an Israeli invasion wouldn’t exactly come by surprise – Hamas and Fatah’s soldiers would have plenty of time to go home and get their guns, if that was the issue. He talked about how weapons are being sold at car fairs:

“Assault rifles, pistols, hand grenades, pipe bombs and assorted ammunition are now on sale in Gaza’s bustling used car market. “Come along, come along, a bullet for eight shekels ($2) and a stun grenade for seven shekels ($1.75),” Hassan, a 17-year-old arms dealer shouts. Dozens of cars are still being offered but the 25 weapons competing for business show the extent to which the rule of the gun has largely become the rule of law in the Gaza Strip”… I’ve mentioned before the major difference between Palestinian Arab newspapers and those of the rest of the Arab world: There’s no crime section. The PalArab police are so weak, and the judicial system close to nonexistent, that there may be articles about murders and kidnappings but not small crimes like arson or thefts that are so endemic that they do not merit being mentioned at all.

This morning Info Live TV English – which provides daily YouTube news about Israel – posted an incredible, must-see video about one of these car lots. We’d embed it and thank them heartily, but the [deleted due to strong language and violent content] that work over there disabled embedding. Did we say [deleted due to strong language and violent content]? We meant “people who are under the mistaken impression that disabling embedding somehow protects their video”. It protects it all right – TimesSelect “nobody bothers clicking through” protection.

Anyway, if you have time and patience click through and watch the video It’s positively surreal.

References:
* Palestinian Civil Society Watch – MR Has Some Questions About Yesterday’s School Shooting In Gaza [MR]
* It just ain’t normal [Elder]
* Weapons sales booming in Gaza [infolivetvenglish / YouTube]

Previously:
* Palestinian Civil Society Watch – Now They’re Bombing Gaza Schools Because Of Little League
* Palestinian Civil Society Watch – Terrorists Very Popular
* Palestinian Civil Society Watch – MR Has Some Questions About Yesterday’s School Shooting In Gaza

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