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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The Biden administration on Tuesday sanctioned the top general of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and determined the paramilitary group has committed genocide in the country, as well as crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing.
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
Gold Drives Both Sides in Sudan’s War: Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The deeper reason is that Israel is a settler-colonial state addicted to occupation, ethnic cleansing, and territorial expansion.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
In Israel, a former defense minister and fierce critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — and a hard-liner on the Palestinians — accused the government of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, where a military offensive continues.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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Laura Kelly, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
Gold Drives Both Sides in Sudan’s War: Famine and ethnic cleansing stalk Sudan.
—María Magdalena Arréllaga, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The deeper reason is that Israel is a settler-colonial state addicted to occupation, ethnic cleansing, and territorial expansion.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
In Israel, a former defense minister and fierce critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — and a hard-liner on the Palestinians — accused the government of ethnic cleansing in northern Gaza, where a military offensive continues.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Ethnic cleansing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethnic%20cleansing. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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