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Recent Examples of ethnic cleansing
This comes as Israel faces accusations of ethnic cleansing in its attacks on Gaza, an accusation the IDF denies.
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Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
The second is the Israeli campaign of mass murder and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, part of a larger strategy aimed at the erasure of all Palestinian presence from Israel-Palestine.
—Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Bu Meh, a member of Myanmar's Karenni ethnic minority, fled what her relatives described as ethnic cleansing in the Southeast Asian nation about 10 years ago.
—CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
War crime This Israeli behavior is clearly ethnic cleansing, which is a war crime.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2024
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Victoria Beaule, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
The second is the Israeli campaign of mass murder and ethnic cleansing in Gaza, part of a larger strategy aimed at the erasure of all Palestinian presence from Israel-Palestine.
—Karen Parker Lears, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
Bu Meh, a member of Myanmar's Karenni ethnic minority, fled what her relatives described as ethnic cleansing in the Southeast Asian nation about 10 years ago.
—CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
War crime This Israeli behavior is clearly ethnic cleansing, which is a war crime.
—Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ethnic cleansing
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The Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire grew to be the largest, leading to numerous evacuation orders and destroying thousands of structures.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Vistra — The electricity generation stock rose 8.5% after evacuation orders stemming from a fire at the company’s Moss Landing battery storage facility were lifted.—
Hakyung Kim,
CNBC,
21 Jan. 2025
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Hogan added that lighter regulation from Trump’s second term could help with energy distribution and transportation, ultimately benefiting overall supply.—
Lisa Kailai Han,Gabriel Cortés,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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The Colombia Film Fund (FFC) provides a cash rebate covering 40% of audiovisual services expenses and 20% of logistical costs, such as hotel accommodations, food, and transportation.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
20 Jan. 2025
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To track state-to-state migration trends, the U.S. Census Bureau used data from the American Community Survey and anonymized IRS address changes.—
Mike Winters,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2025
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Remote work has rewritten the playbook for PC migrations, turning what was once a straightforward office procedure into a high-stakes logistical challenge.—
Rhett Power,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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The cost of living — especially Ireland’s acute housing crisis — was a dominant topic in the three-week campaign, alongside mass migration, which has become a flash-point issue in a country of 5.4 million people long defined by emigration.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
1 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement The cost of living — especially Ireland’s acute housing crisis — was a dominant topic in the three-week campaign, alongside immigration, which has become an emotional and challenging issue in a country of 5.4 million people long defined by emigration.—
Jill Lawless and Peter Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Dec. 2024
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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