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Violet_Crumble

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11. Not insulted. Just a bit surprised by the lack of reading comprehension happening...
Mon Jul 30, 2012, 09:59 AM
Jul 2012

..and the need to fling around abuse and insults.

Yr going on about driving to a beach in Gaza from somewhere in Gaza because you didn't understand what was a very easy sentence to understand about the distance between a beach in Israel and a beach in Gaza: 'Like the Jewish children at the beach just a half-hour’s drive up the coast – assuming no checkpoints or walls, of course..'

Yes, you're right, you have to drive through a checkpoint to get a an Israeli beach from Gaza...

Finally it starts to dawn on you. Took long enough!

Read your own map -- all the beaches in Gaza are on the opposite side of Gaza from Israel. It's all pretty clear.

Let's see. Beaches in Gaza are in Gaza. Then there's that wall and checkpoints you falsely claimed didn't exist (someone owes 972mag a sheepish apology!), then there's Israeli beaches, which are, well, in Israel. The Israeli extremists kids were on a beach in Israel, and the Palestinian extremists kids were on a beach in Gaza. Distance between them? Half an hour's drive if there wasn't a wall and checkpoints. C'mon, this isn't rocket science!

This has been going on for 60+ years. aquart Jul 2012 #1
Someone needs to buy a map... holdencaufield Jul 2012 #2
Ignorant post from an ignorant person (the OP author, not the DUer) oberliner Jul 2012 #3
It makes me wonder... holdencaufield Jul 2012 #4
I wonder how many "pro-Palestinian" activists in the US/Canada think there are walls in Gaza oberliner Jul 2012 #5
There is a wall between Gaza and Israel. Violet_Crumble Jul 2012 #6
Hannukah Harry... holdencaufield Jul 2012 #8
Hate to break the news to you that 'wall' and 'beach' are two different words... Violet_Crumble Jul 2012 #9
If you're insulted... holdencaufield Jul 2012 #10
Not insulted. Just a bit surprised by the lack of reading comprehension happening... Violet_Crumble Jul 2012 #11
Someone else is going to have to explain it to him... holdencaufield Jul 2012 #12
Who's he? I've got patience and energy and won't give up till you get it... Violet_Crumble Jul 2012 #13
If you are in Gaza and going to the beach, you won't encounter any Israeli wall or checkpoint oberliner Jul 2012 #14
that is true but you may note exactly what the author said "assuming there are no" azurnoir Jul 2012 #19
So true. Except that's not what was said in the article... Violet_Crumble Jul 2012 #22
well that is nice however it doesn't change the content of either video azurnoir Jul 2012 #15
Yep, and they have lots of children too. bemildred Jul 2012 #7
The more extreme, the more children oberliner Jul 2012 #16
Yes, we agree. bemildred Jul 2012 #18
Palestinian incitement? Say it ain't so.... shira Jul 2012 #17
What's the big uproar? Bradlad Jul 2012 #20
I dunno. Why don't you go and ask the one kicking up a massive stink about it.... Violet_Crumble Jul 2012 #21
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