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| Anti-Judaism is hostility toward or hatred of Judaism. |
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| Anti-Judaism denotes a spectrum of historical and contemporary ideologies that are fundamentally or partially rooted in opposition to Judaism |
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| Their mother remained in the shtetl, and Mr. Jaffee never saw her again. |
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| a Jewish village or small-town community in eastern Europe. |
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| In a 1999 interview, he said that as president, he would stage a coup on his first day and "finish the work" of the dictatorship by killing 30,000 people. |
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| a country, government, or the form of government in which absolute power is exercised by a dictator. |
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| Seven years on, Brazil's Supreme Court has found him guilty of plotting a coup and sentenced him to more than 27 years in prison. |
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| a highly successful, unexpected stroke, act, or move; a clever action or accomplishment. |
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| Aryan loved the roaring sound of the engine fill the air and then grow louder as the plane cruised above him, leaving behind chalky threads of contrail in the sky, |
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| a non-Jewish Caucasian, especially of Nordic stock. |
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| The day is commemorated every year to mark the signing of the armistice between the Allies and Germany in 1918. |
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| a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement of the warring parties; truce. |
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| Some groups responsible for putting them up have told BBC News they are motivated by pride and patriotism. |
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| devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty. |
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| Weeks later, he claimed on X that he was “done with antisemitism,” writing, “I love all people. God forgive me for the pain I’ve caused.” |
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| discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews. |
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| It was just three months ago that democracy was directly and explicitly attacked. |
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| government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system. |
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| One of MAGA’s toxic innovations is the way it has weaponized narcissism for propaganda purposes. |
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| information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. |
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| The paramilitary group has denied responsibility and blames the violence on local militias. |
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| noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force. |
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| We would likely prefer the more secular appeal of Zohran Mamdani, another youthful candidate who is running to be mayor of New York City. |
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| of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal. |
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| Glyndŵr, a symbol of Welsh nationalism, is remembered in statues, monuments and place names across Wales. |
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| spirit or aspirations common to the whole of a nation. |
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| In her Budget statement, the chancellor of the exchequer will outline the government's plans for raising or lowering taxes. |
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| the chief minister of state in certain parliamentary governments, as in Germany; prime minister; premier. |
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| Charlie Kirk being assassinated is the American Reichstag fire. |
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| the lower house of the parliament during the period of the Second Reich and the Weimar Republic. |
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| As the war in Gaza grinds on, Israel's international isolation appears to be deepening. |
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| the state of being isolated. isolated. |
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| Elections that were supposed to happen in 2022 have still not taken place and neither has a new constitution been drawn up. |
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| the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is governed. |
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| The civil service gravitated into the hands of a clique. |
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| those branches of public service concerned with all governmental administrative functions outside the armed services. |
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| But, once a champion of democracy, the new president began adopting draconian measures to stifle political dissent. |
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| to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree. |
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| Kirk was eager to weaponize language against some of the most marginalized and vulnerable among us. |
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| to place in a position of minor or marginal importance, significance, relevance, or effect. |
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| White women were not given suffrage until the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920. |
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| the right to vote, especially in a political election. |
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| Schwarzenegger reflected on Kirk’s death as he warned about the fragile state of democracy. |
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| easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail. |
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| The Bank moves rates up and down in order to keep UK inflation - the rate at which prices are increasing - at or near 2%. |
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| a persistent, substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency |
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| Details of how people will apply to come to the UK from France under the treaty have also been published by the government. |
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| a formal agreement between two or more states in reference to peace, alliance, commerce, or other international relations. |
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| One U.S. congressman is asking his colleagues to force social media platforms to kick off users who celebrated the killing. |
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| a horizontal surface, or structure with a horizontal surface, raised above the level of the surrounding area. |
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| I didn't understand that a political party would have such rights over you. |
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| A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in elections and participate in governance. |
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| As a historian of the early republic, I believe that seeing this violence in America as distinct “episodes” is wrong. |
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| a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them. |
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