Israelise

English

Etymology

Israel +‎ -ise

Verb

Israelise (third-person singular simple present Israelises, present participle Israelising, simple past and past participle Israelised)

1. (British spelling) alternative form of Israelize
   • 1997, Naim Ateek, Cedar Duaybis, Marla Schrader, Jerusalem: What Makes for Peace! : a Palestinian Christian Contribution to Peacemaking, →ISBN:

     For a number of years, it has been evident that the Israeli government has intensified its efforts to Judaise and Israelise Jerusalem.

   • 2012, Jeremy Bowen, Six Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

     ... defended it against Arab accusations, told the Israeli foreign ministry that 'if the Israeli Government went on like this even her friends would have to believe that she was trying to get rid of the Arab population on the West Bank in order to Israelise it'.

   • 2014, Benjamin Pogrund, Drawing Fire: Investigating the Accusations of Apartheid in Israel, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 59:

     Opposition has come from inside the Arab community: Jamal Zahalka, then a Balad Party MK, warned at the time that national service was a stepping stone towards imposing the army draft: 'They are trying to Israelise our youth', he said

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