Hamas Raises Money To Build Media City In Gaza

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Palestinian men work in a fish farm project in the media city being developed by Hamas July 24, 2008 in the former Jewish settlement of Gani Tal near Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers plan to build a $200 million media city and movie production studio with entertainment for children, restaurants, mock villages, and farms as a tourist attraction and also as an effort to cement control of the seized territory. The farms are in place to raise revenue for the project, with only $1 million of the necessary financing raised so far.

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A Palestinian man works in a fish farm project in the media city being developed by Hamas July 24, 2008 in the former Jewish settlement of Gani Tal near Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers plan to build a $200 million media city and movie production studio with entertainment for children, restaurants, mock villages, and farms as a tourist attraction and also as an effort to cement control of the seized territory. The farms are in place to raise revenue for the project, with only $1 million of the necessary financing raised so far.

Palestinian men work in a chicken farm project in the media city being developed by Hamas July 24, 2008 in the former Jewish settlement of Gani Tal near Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers plan to build a $200 million media city and movie production studio with entertainment for children, restaurants, mock villages, and farms as a tourist attraction and also as an effort to cement control of the seized territory. The farms are in place to raise revenue for the project, with only $1 million of the necessary financing raised so far.

Fish swim in a fish farm project in the media city being developed by Hamas July 24, 2008 in the former Jewish settlement of Gani Tal near Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. The Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers plan to build a $200 million media city and movie production studio with entertainment for children, restaurants, mock villages, and farms as a tourist attraction and also as an effort to cement control of the seized territory. The farms are in place to raise revenue for the project, with only $1 million of the necessary financing raised so far.

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