Webloggin » It’s Hard Out There For A (Hamas) Pimp

Joshua Pundit on Jan 11 2009 at 7:15 pm | Filed under: Hamas, sex

One of the horrible tragedies visited on the suffering people of Gaza by the Israeli invasion is the complete disruption of Gaza’s sex industry.

Entrepeneurs like Abu Ali have long relied on Gaza’s tunnel network to transport sex workers from Egypt like the one pictured above to the Gaza Strip to sevice the market in the Hamas-ruled territory’s sex industry. But the Israeli attacks have severely disrupted the income of Abu Ali and others like him who relied on the smuggling tunnels for their livelihood.

“Life cannot go on in Gaza if the tunnels are destroyed — they’re our only opening to the outside world,” he said, and vowed to rebuild his tunnel under the border with Egypt as soon as the fighting is over.

“I have to make my living”, said Ali, who claims that many of the Hamas fighters are among his customers. “This is a vital service for the people of Gaza, just like rockets, AK-47s and explosives. All jihad and no play makes Achmed an unhappy martyr.”