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de-Palestinianise en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + Palestinianise.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of de-Palestinianize.
    • Jerusalem, the latest city subjected to this pattern of occupation, evoked a strong renewal of bitterness and feeling of doom, which is compared to past Israeli tactics of de-Palestinianising the land. In the memory of many respondents ... 1999, Naim Ateek, Holy Land, Hollow Jubilee: God, Justice, the Palestinians:
    • 2006, Jonathan Cook, Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State, page xi The Israeli Arabs are the sole remnants of the expelled indigenous Palestinian people living on their land inside Israel, and as such the state has worked tirelessly over many decades since its establishment to "de-Palestinianise" them.
    • Daniel Levy, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, said: one cannot de-Palestinianise what the Palestinian Authority does ... 2014, HC 565 - The UK's Development Work in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, p 27

Forms

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de-Palestinianised Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
de-Palestinianised Tense=Past lexicographic
de-Palestinianising Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
de-Palestinianises Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic