Rival Gaza summer camps covet young minds
June 29th, 2010
A battle for the hearts and minds of children in the Gaza Strip has broken out with competing summer camps.
Both the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the Islamic organization Hamas run camps for the region’s children–but the activities are somewhat different.
The UN has a summer program that concentrates on games and sports for boys and girls. Catering to both sexes has brought charges that the camps are degenerate and corrupting Gaza’s youth and resulted in two arson attacks.