ethnic cleansing
noun
: the expulsion, imprisonment, or killing of an ethnic minority by a dominant majority in order to achieve ethnic homogeneity
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Wouldn’t Coates have wanted to argue that Israel’s bombing campaign has amounted to genocide or ethnic cleansing?
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Daniel Bergner, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
These include population transfer – a form of ethnic cleansing – as well as mass punishment of Palestinian communities.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
The outside actor that bears the most responsibility for the starvation and ethnic cleansing, however, is the United Arab Emirates.
—John Prendergast, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2024
How are attempts at ethnic cleansing shaping this conflict?
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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Daniel Bergner, The Atlantic, 24 Sep. 2024
These include population transfer – a form of ethnic cleansing – as well as mass punishment of Palestinian communities.
—Arie Perliger, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2024
The outside actor that bears the most responsibility for the starvation and ethnic cleansing, however, is the United Arab Emirates.
—John Prendergast, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2024
How are attempts at ethnic cleansing shaping this conflict?
—Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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