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In that HN discussion, one of his suggested solutions was for Israel to "pull back 50 miles from Gaza for a number of years" [1] East-to-west, Israel is only 7
by evanelias 3y ago
In that HN discussion, one of his suggested solutions was for Israel to "pull back 50 miles from Gaza for a number of years" [1]
East-to-west, Israel is only 71 miles at its widest point [2] and is mostly much narrower than that.
Meanwhile the Gaza Strip is only 7.5 miles wide at its widest point. [3] Yet he's calling for a 50-mile pullback to bring about peace, among many other things.
Is he ignorant about the region's basic geography? Or is he fully aware of this and is nonetheless seriously calling for Israel to abandon a sizeable chunk of the country?
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38654221 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38654221
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Israel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Israel
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip#Geography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip#Geography