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VIDEO / Hamas transforms former Gaza settlement into movie lot
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Tags: IDF, Hamas, Gaza Strip 
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for August 6, 2008.

From the ruins of a former Gaza Strip settlement and the site of what Hamas hopes will become a glittering movie production house, comes a new motion picture about the militant group's war with Israel.

The location was once home to the settlement of Ganei Tal, which was demolished after Israel withdrew from the coastal territory in 2005.
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Last year, after Hamas seized power of the Gaza Strip, it announced plans to build what it called a media city on the former settlement. The vision spans 400 acres, with production and graphics studios, an amusement park, a zoo, hotels and an array of cafes and restaurants.

The media city's first project is a film written by non other than firebrand Hamas leader Mahmoud a-Zahar.


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      1.   is it a good setting? 07:47  |  Ethan Coen 07/08/08
      2.   400 Acres for a movie studio?In the"most crowded place on earth" 08:12  |  PETER SM 07/08/08
      3.   Hamastan proud to be stupid ! 09:00  |  Rick & TC 07/08/08
      4.   AMUSING HAMAS 11:26  |  Iskander 07/08/08
      5.   #2 SERIOUSLY WTF!!! 12:06  |  Hussein 07/08/08
      6.   confused 12:16  |  yehudah 07/08/08
      7.   Why not? The studios of Czechoslovakia 13:06  |  Andreas 07/08/08
      8.   Is that Al Dura kid going to be the main star . 13:26  |  Alan SA 07/08/08
      9.   Great ! ...so i will have a Zoo when i go back. 14:45  |  Michael 07/08/08
      10.   #9: You have a Zoo. It`s called "the settlements". 16:19  |  Andreas 07/08/08
      11.   WHERE IS ALL THE MONEY COMING FROM? FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS ??? 16:20  |  jewish doctor 07/08/08
      12.   no sillier than the previous Gaza industry 16:56  |  SD 07/08/08
      13.   Hooray for Pallywood! 17:16  |  McQueen 07/08/08
      14.   Uk Diplomat 17:40  |  happysettler 07/08/08
      15.   Did anyone expect better 18:07  |  Dr Noam 07/08/08
      16.   studio, park and zoo 18:31  |  H rube 07/08/08
      17.   Movie credits at end of films:"Made possible by Olmert & ilk." 20:06  |  bat yam 07/08/08
      18.   Free Shalit 21:49  |  Great White North 07/08/08
      19.   Repulsive 22:56  |  Sarah 07/08/08
      20.   YOU ALL GOT IT WRONG: HAMAS IS RIGHT!! 01:00  |  Samy 08/08/08
      21.   richy rich 01:33  |  ilan 08/08/08
      22.   They are going to film Pallywood II 01:55  |  Dan 08/08/08
      23.   they will build a big sign: Hammaswood 04:23  |  asdf 08/08/08
      24.   # PeterSM. Where is the money coming from? 05:03  |  Maureen Ann 08/08/08
      25.   2nd try,why blame them for wanting some entertainment during the 05:13  |  lakshmi 08/08/08
      26.   hmm 20:51  |  democrat 08/08/08
      27.   a dedication 20:58  |  farfur 08/08/08
      28.   # 27 farfur,and Palywood redux.(3rd Attempt) 21:50  |  anonymous 08/08/08
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