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Source: http://www.memri.org/bin/latestnews.cgi?ID=SD249909
Hamas' Gaza War Victory Festival in Damascus
[MEMRI] In March 2009, Hamas held a festival at the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus, Syria, to mark "the victory of the 'Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam Brigades," its military wing, in the 2008-9 war with Israel in Gaza. The festival included a photo exhibit and the screening of films showing the Al-Qassam Brigades at their training camps; distribution of videos about the Brigades' operations during the war; and an evening poetry program featuring poets and children's choirs from across the Arab world. There were also speeches by military and political activists from the resistance movements, who praised the resistance and martyrdom operations while condemning the Palestinian Authority and various Arab countries.