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{{Short description|Former restaurant in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine}}
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⚫ The '''Roots Club''' is an upscale restaurant and catering hall in ].<ref name="CBS">{{cite news|title=Israel's Gaza Blockade Baffles Both Sides|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/05/28/world/main6526479.shtml|accessdate=10 August 2010|newspaper=]|date=28 May 2010}}</ref> Restaurant reviewers expect the restaurant to bring "a new era of hospitality and dining experience" to Gazans.<ref name="TWIP">{{cite news|title=The ROOTS Club|url=http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=1405&ed=105|accessdate=10 August 2010|newspaper=This Week in Palestine|date=July 2010}}</ref>


⚫ '''Roots Club''' was an upscale restaurant and catering hall in ], ].<ref name="CBS">{{cite news|title=Israel's Gaza Blockade Baffles Both Sides|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israels-gaza-blockade-baffles-both-sides/|access-date=10 August 2010|newspaper=]|date=28 May 2010}}</ref> In 2010, restaurant reviewers expected the restaurant to bring "a new era of hospitality and dining experience" to Gazans.<ref name="TWIP">{{cite news|title=The ROOTS Club|url=http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com/details.php?id=1405&ed=105|accessdate=10 August 2010|newspaper=This Week in Palestine|date=July 2010}}</ref>
The "high end"<ref name="Kershner">{{cite news|last=Kershner|first=Isabel|title=Defying Blockade, Cargo and Passenger Vessels Head for Gaza|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/28/world/middleeast/28mideast.html?_r=1|accessdate=10 August 2010|newspaper=]|date=27 May 2010}}</ref> The club is located on Cairo Street in "the posh Gaza district" of ].<ref name=TWIP/> It features three different dining venues, the informal, outdoor ''Green Terrace Café''; the ''Ambassador'' catering hall; and the elegant, airconditioned ''Roots Restaurant''.<ref name=TWIP/> One restaurant reviewer described the atmosphere as "vaguely reminiscent of the Anglo-Indian country-clubs of the colonial era."<ref name=TWIP/>


The restaurant offers a full, 16-page menu with options that include ], Baked sea bass with garlic sauce, Deep fried ], Veal ], ], ] with ], and ].<ref name="menu">{{cite web|title=Menu Roots|url=http://www.rootsclub.ps/1/Menu-Roots/Menu-Roots/Default.html|accessdate=10 August 2010}}</ref> A reviewer called the menu, which features twelve different meat dishes, chicken prepared thirteen different ways, and eight pasta preparations in addition to an array of salads, appetizers, desserts, and nine kinds of soup served "only in winter," truly staggering.<ref name=TWIP/> ] calls the Roots Club," "the best" restaurant in Gaza.<ref name=Kohn>''Lonely Planet Israel and the Palestinian Territories,'' Michael Kohn, Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 362.</ref> The club was located on Cairo Street in the Gaza district of ].<ref name=TWIP/> It featured three different dining venues: the informal, outdoor ''Green Terrace Café''; the ''Ambassador'' catering hall; and the air-conditioned ''Roots Restaurant''.<ref name=TWIP/> ] called the Roots Club, "the best" restaurant in Gaza.<ref name="Kohn">''Lonely Planet Israel and the Palestinian Territories,'' Michael Kohn, Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 362.</ref><ref name="CBS" /><ref name="Lappin">{{cite news|last=Lappin|first=Yaakov|title=GPO advises foreign journalists on luxurious Gaza restaurant|url=http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=176595|accessdate=10 August 2010|newspaper=]|date=27 May 2010}}</ref>


⚫ The Israeli Government Press Office was inspired by Tom Gross's dispatch to send an email to journalists reading: <blockquote>"In anticipation of foreign correspondents traveling to Gaza to cover reports of alleged humanitarian difficulties in the Hamas-run territory, and as part of efforts to facilitate the work of journalists in the region, the Government Press Office is pleased to bring to your attention the attached menu and information for the Roots Club and Restaurant in Gaza... We have been told the beef stroganoff and cream of spinach soup are highly recommended."<ref name=Lappin/></blockquote>
The restaurant was brought to world attention by British journalist ] and by the Israeli Government Press Office.<ref name=CBS/><ref name="Lappin">{{cite news|last=Lappin|first=Yaakov|title=GPO advises foreign journalists on luxurious Gaza restaurant|url=http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=176595|accessdate=10 August 2010|newspaper=]|date=27 May 2010}}</ref>


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Tom Gross posted a photo essay about the new ] and the luxury Roots Club restaurant on his web page, alleging that "the manipulative agenda of the BBC and other foreign media agencies" creates a false picture of conditions in Gaza and is "deliberately misleading global audiences and systematically creating the false impression that people are somehow starving in Gaza, and that it is all Israel’s fault."<ref name=Lappin/>
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⚫ ==References==
⚫ The Government Press Office was inspired by Gross's dispatch to send an email to journalists reading: "In anticipation of foreign correspondents traveling to Gaza to cover reports of alleged humanitarian difficulties in the Hamas-run territory, and as part of efforts to facilitate the work of journalists in the region, the Government Press Office is pleased to bring to your attention the attached menu and information for the Roots Club and Restaurant in Gaza... We have been told the beef stroganoff and cream of spinach soup are highly recommended."<ref name=Lappin/>
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Former restaurant in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine

Roots Club was an upscale restaurant and catering hall in Gaza, Palestine. In 2010, restaurant reviewers expected the restaurant to bring "a new era of hospitality and dining experience" to Gazans.

The club was located on Cairo Street in the Gaza district of Rimal. It featured three different dining venues: the informal, outdoor Green Terrace Café; the Ambassador catering hall; and the air-conditioned Roots Restaurant. Lonely Planet called the Roots Club, "the best" restaurant in Gaza.

The Israeli Government Press Office was inspired by Tom Gross's dispatch to send an email to journalists reading:

"In anticipation of foreign correspondents traveling to Gaza to cover reports of alleged humanitarian difficulties in the Hamas-run territory, and as part of efforts to facilitate the work of journalists in the region, the Government Press Office is pleased to bring to your attention the attached menu and information for the Roots Club and Restaurant in Gaza... We have been told the beef stroganoff and cream of spinach soup are highly recommended."

See also

References

  1. ^ "Israel's Gaza Blockade Baffles Both Sides". CBS News. 28 May 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  2. ^ "The ROOTS Club". This Week in Palestine. July 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  3. Lonely Planet Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Michael Kohn, Lonely Planet, 2007, p. 362.
  4. ^ Lappin, Yaakov (27 May 2010). "GPO advises foreign journalists on luxurious Gaza restaurant". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 10 August 2010.

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