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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
There's more than enough to show how Israel is bullying their way through the Palestinian problem without resorting to hyperbolic headlines. Jeezus
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Hyperbole: deliberate and obvious exaggeration used for effect.
By all accounts, the headline is completely accurate; the 400 hectares would be the largest seizure of Palestinian land in 30 years.
Your apparent willingness to shrug it off as not a big deal doesn't make the statement an exaggeration.
For comparison, the seizure of 4 square km of the West Bank by Israel is the equivalent of the Federal Gov't seizing 470 square km of Alberta, such as over half of the city of Calgary. Do you think that would go over as not a big deal?