Gaza children set new kite flying world record

[oberliner]

Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip continued their record-setting ways on Thursday when 7,202 children flew just as many kites to set a new world record, a UN agency reported.

The event, organized by the United Nations Relief and Work Agency (UNRWA) came one week after 7,203 Gaza refugee children set a new world record for dribbling basketballs.

On Thursday, 7,202 children, who this summer joined three-week summer-camps run by UNRWA, gathered in an area on the beach of northern Gaza Strip and flew thousands of kites of different colors.

The figure far surpassed the previous mass kite-flying record of 3,000 which was set last year by the Palestinian children in the Gaza.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/gaza-children-set-new-kite-flying-world-record-1.304873

[aquart]

1. Cool.

Refugees from where?

[Ken Burch]

3. From the West Bank.

Give it a rest.

There's no good reason for you to try to ruin this thread.

[Chulanowa]

5. No, but I'm sure he has a list of bad reasons

[Ken Burch]

9. True Dat.

n/t.

[oberliner]

6. This was in Gaza, not the West Bank nt

[Ken Burch]

8. Yes, this is in Gaza...which is why these children are considered refugees

They live in Gaza because their families were driven out of someplace else.

[oberliner]

11. I don't think you understand

The people living in Gaza's refugee camps are not refugees from the West Bank.

Most of the people in the refugee camps in Gaza are the descendants of those who left what became Israel in 1948-1949.

[Ken Burch]

12. I stand corrected....still, they ARE refugees

And, at some point, they and their families must be given not only compensation but apologies and an ADMISSION that they didn't deserve to be driven out of their homes.

It's time to stop the "they're NOT refugees" thing...it serves no purpose.

[oberliner]

13. I never said that they were not refugees

In any case, I think that is a lovely story. Certainly we can all agree on that.

[Ken Burch]

14. You didn't....a poster upthread did.

n/t.

[oberliner]

15. I don't see any post saying that

Am I missing something here?

[Ken Burch]

16. Post #1

n/t.

[Chulanowa]

17. Yes, you are

Once again, you're doing that "feigned ignorance" thing.

[oberliner]

18. Two posters seemed confused regarding the refugees

One asked where they were refugees from, the other erroneously claimed they were from the West Bank.

In neither case did anyone make the claim that they were not refugees.

[Chulanowa]

19. And the first of the two was clearly being facetious

Again with the feigned ignorance. Context and source are important parts of reading comprehension, Oberliner.

[annm4peace]

2. kick

how sad it is only little pleasure they get

[LeftishBrit]

4. Congratulations to them!

[polly7]

7. That's great!

Anything that can take them from the horrors of their situation is good ........ setting records themselves ....... just WOW!!!

[Tripmann]

10. What a lovely story

Any activity that can allow these children a moment of normality is a wonderful thing.