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A call for chaos: On Donald Trump’s Gaza Strip proposal

The United States should push for (ज़ोर देना, बार-बार प्रयास करना) a two-state solution, not displace (विस्थापित करना, निष्कासित करना) an entire people

When the state (राज्य, देश) of Israel was created in Palestine in 1948, more than 7,00,000 Palestinians, the land’s original inhabitants (निवासी, आबादी), were displaced. Palestinians remember this forced mass expulsion (निष्कासन, निर्वासन) as the Nakba (catastrophe). More Palestinians were expelled (banish, exile, evict, deport, oust, extradite) during the Six-Day War in 1967. Some moved to Gaza, others to the West Bank (It is a large amount of land located on the west bank of the River Jordan and bounded by Israel to the north, west, & south and by Jordan to its east. The West Bank has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Middle East war. It’s home to nearly three million Palestinians, and would make up the heart of any Palestinian state), while the majority fled to other countries, where they and their descendants (वंशज, उत्तराधिकारी) are refugees (शरणार्थी, विस्थापित व्यक्ति). In successive (लगातार, क्रमिक, निरंतर) peace talks (वार्ता, चर्चा), Israel has outrightly (स्पष्ट रूप से, पूरी तरह से) rejected their right to return to their homes, a fundamental right (मौलिक अधिकार, बुनियादी अधिकार). Now, U.S. President Donald Trump wants to forcibly transfer the 2.3 million Palestinians out of Gaza, the Mediterranean enclave (परिक्षेत्र, संलग्न क्षेत्र) that has suffered (experience, be subjected to, endure, live through, go through) relentless (continual, constant, continuous, unrelenting, unabating, sustained, unceasing, steady) Israeli bombardment (बमबारी, गोलाबारी) for 15 months. His plan involves relocating Palestinians to neighbouring (adjacent, adjoining, bordering, abutting) Arab countries, taking over the 360 sq. km strip (a long piece of land, stripe, swathe) which he calls (पुकारना) a “hellhole (a dirty and unpleasant place; an evil place; a place of extreme misery)” and redeveloping it into the Riviera (a coastal region (famous for its beautiful beaches)) of the Middle East. At a press conference in Washington DC, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he also stated sending troops to Gaza “if necessary”. The White House later claimed (state, maintain, assert, affirm) that he meant a temporary relocation of Palestinians. It also clarified that he had not committed to deploying (employ/bring into effective action; bring into service; have recourse to; use, utilize, employ, make use of, take advantage of) U.S. troops (forces; armed forces, soldiers) but reaffirmed (state something again strongly) that his “out-of-the-box (unconventional, out of the ordinary, unusual; creative, innovative)” proposal for Gaza was a serious one. However, Mr. Trump’s plan has at least three fundamental problems.

First, Palestinians are not an imperial (authoritarian, authoritative, tyrannical, high-handed, domineering, overbearing) possession (control, ownership) that Israel and the U.S. can bomb (attack, blow up, pound, bombard, shell) and relocate at will (as one wishes, at one’s pleasure/desire, at one’s want/choice). They are a people with a national identity (a social category, a set of persons marked by a label and distinguished by rules deciding membership and (alleged) characteristic features or attributes; individuality, character, originality), whose collective history, present and future, is deeply (profoundly, strongly, intensely, very much, completely, greatly) tied to the Palestinian land. Despite relentless Israeli bombardment, the Palestinians of Gaza have refused to leave. Now, Mr. Trump is advocating (support, back, promote, favour, endorse, uphold, champion, subscribe to) what is essentially a call for ethnic cleansing (the mass expulsion or killing of ethnic group members in a place by another one, particularly a majoritarian group in that place; carnage, mass murder, mass killing), another Nakba. Second, Arab countries, including many of America’s allies, have unequivocally (absolutely, directly, clearly, unambiguously, conclusively, unconditionally, explicitly, unqualifiedly, categorically, outright) rejected Mr. Trump’s proposal. They understand that Palestinians who were forcefully removed never managed to return. Even authoritarian (oppressive, draconian, undemocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian) Arab rulers, regardless of their dependence (reliance) on U.S. aid (help, assistance, support), must pay attention to (heed, pay heed to, take notice of, take into account, concentrate, be careful, be attentive, be heedful) the sentiments (feeling, emotion, point of view) of their people, who overwhelmingly (with a great majority; to a very great degree) support Palestinian rights. Third, Mr. Trump’s vision (plan, pipe dream, mental image/picture) of rebuilding Gaza aligns (give support to) closely with the Israeli far-right’s (relating to the extreme right-wing of a political party or group; extremely conservative, rightist) agenda: resettling the land with Jewish settlers (colonist, immigrant, habitant). This will further alienate (set apart, isolate, distance, detach, separate, disunite; estrange, make hostile/make unfriendly) an already desperate (hopeless, despairing, anguished, distressed, disheartened, devastated) population and plant (place secretly) yet another time bomb in West Asia. Mr. Trump must abandon his calls for the ethnic cleansing and instead use America’s influence (power, authority, sway, clout, leverage, weight, position, muscle) to ensure a successful ceasefire (a negotiated agreement that will be accompanied by other associated commitments to de-escalate the fighting; a temporary stoppage of a war, truce, armistice) in Gaza. The U.S. should be working toward a lasting (permanent, firm, stable, durable, long-term, long-lasting), just solution — one that acknowledges (accept, recognize, realize) Palestinian rights and upholds (confirm, endorse/approve, vindicate/validate) the principles of peace and stability in the region.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.call (noun)

Hindi Meaning - पुकारना
English Meaning - demand, requirement, appeal; reason/cause.

2.push for (phrasal verb)

Hindi Meaning - ज़ोर देना, बार-बार प्रयास करना
English Meaning - to repeatedly try to make something happen; to repeatedly ask for something.

3.displace (verb)

Hindi Meaning - विस्थापित करना, निष्कासित करना
English Meaning - force someone to leave his/her home, usually due to war, persecution, or natural disaster; banish, exile, deport, evict, expel, oust.

4.state (noun)

Hindi Meaning - राज्य, देश
English Meaning - country, nation.

5.inhabitant (noun)

Hindi Meaning - निवासी, आबादी
English Meaning - residents; populace, population, people,

6.expulsion (noun)

Hindi Meaning - निष्कासन, निर्वासन
English Meaning - deportation, expelling, banishment, expatriation, exile, eviction, extradition, expatriation, repatriation; removal, dismissal.

7.catastrophe (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आपदा, तबाही
English Meaning - disaster, devastation, calamity, crisis, tragedy.

8.bombardment (noun)

Hindi Meaning - बमबारी, गोलाबारी
English Meaning - bombing, shelling (continuous attack).

9.descendant (noun)

Hindi Meaning - वंशज, उत्तराधिकारी
English Meaning - inheritor, next-in-line; successor, scion.

10.refugee (noun)

Hindi Meaning - शरणार्थी, विस्थापित व्यक्ति
English Meaning - displaced person, asylum seeker, escapee/exile.

11.successive (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - लगातार, क्रमिक, निरंतर
English Meaning - consecutive, succeeding, following, sequential, continuous.

12.talks (noun)

Hindi Meaning - वार्ता, चर्चा
English Meaning - discussion, discourse, debate, dialogue, deliberation, negotiation, parley.

13.outrightly (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - स्पष्ट रूप से, पूरी तरह से
English Meaning - completely, entirely, fully, totally, categorically.

14.fundamental rights (noun)

Hindi Meaning - मौलिक अधिकार, बुनियादी अधिकार
English Meaning - the basic rights provided by the constitution of a country to its citizens.

15.enclave (noun)

Hindi Meaning - परिक्षेत्र, संलग्न क्षेत्र
English Meaning - area, region (enclosed within).

16.chaos (noun)

English Meaning - disorder, disarray, turmoil, disorganization, disruption.Gaza (noun - a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip. Gaza Strip is a self-governing Palestinian territory surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea, Israel and Egypt.

17.two-state solution (noun)

English Meaning - The two-state solution refers to a political deal in which Israel and a Palestinian state exist separately.

18.single-state solution (noun)

English Meaning - The single-state solution refers to a political deal in which Israel and a Palestinian state exist together.

19.West Bank (noun)

English Meaning - It is a large amount of land located on the west bank of the River Jordan and bounded by Israel to the north, west, & south and by Jordan to its east. The West Bank has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Middle East war. It’s home to nearly three million Palestinians, and would make up the heart of any Palestinian state.

20.fled past & past participle of flee (verb)

English Meaning - escape, abscond, run away, take flight, leave abruptly/hastily.

21.suffer (verb)

English Meaning - experience, be subjected to, endure, live through, go through.

22.relentless (adjective)

English Meaning - continual, constant, continuous, unrelenting, unabating, sustained, unceasing, steady.

23.expel (verb)

English Meaning - banish, exile, evict, deport, oust, extradite.

24.neighbouring (adjective)

English Meaning - adjacent, adjoining, bordering, abutting.

25.take over (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - assume control of, take command of, acquire, appropriate.

26.hellhole (noun)

English Meaning - a dirty and unpleasant place; an evil place; a place of extreme misery.

27.strip (noun)

English Meaning - a long piece of land, stripe, swathe.

28.Riviera (noun)

English Meaning - a coastal region (famous for its beautiful beaches).

29.troops (noun)

English Meaning - forces; armed forces, soldiers.

30.claim (verb)

English Meaning - state, maintain, assert, affirm.

31.deploy (verb)

English Meaning - employ/bring into effective action; bring into service; have recourse to; use, utilize, employ, make use of, take advantage of.

32.reaffirm (verb)

English Meaning - state something again strongly.

33.out-of-the-box (adjective)

English Meaning - unconventional, out of the ordinary, unusual; creative, innovative.

34.imperial (adjective)

English Meaning - authoritarian, authoritative, tyrannical, high-handed, domineering, overbearing.

35.possession (noun)

English Meaning - control, ownership.

36.bomb (verb)

English Meaning - attack, blow up, pound, bombard, shell.

37.at will (phrase)

English Meaning - as one wishes, at one’s pleasure/desire, at one’s want/choice.

38.identity (noun)

English Meaning - a social category, a set of persons marked by a label and distinguished by rules deciding membership and (alleged) characteristic features or attributes; individuality, character, originality.

39.collective (adjective)

English Meaning - taken as a whole; combined, joint, aggregate.

40.deeply (adverb)

English Meaning - profoundly, strongly, intensely, very much, completely, greatly.

41.advocate (verb)

English Meaning - support, back, promote, favour, endorse, uphold, champion, subscribe to.

42.ethnic cleansing (noun)

English Meaning - the mass expulsion or killing of ethnic group members in a place by another one, particularly a majoritarian group in that place; carnage, mass murder, mass killing.

43.ally (noun)

English Meaning - a country/state with an alliance with another one in which they promise to support each other militarily and to defend each other.

44.unequivocally (adverb)

English Meaning - absolutely, directly, clearly, unambiguously, conclusively, unconditionally, explicitly, unqualifiedly, categorically, outright.

45.authoritarian (adjective)

English Meaning - oppressive, draconian, undemocratic, dictatorial, totalitarian.

46.regardless of (preposition)

English Meaning - notwithstanding, despite, irrespective of, in spite of something.

47.dependence (noun)

English Meaning - reliance.

48.aid (noun)

English Meaning - help, assistance, support.

49.pay attention to (verb)

English Meaning - heed, pay heed to, take notice of, take into account, concentrate, be careful, be attentive, be heedful.

50.sentiment (noun)

English Meaning - feeling, emotion, point of view.

51.overwhelmingly (adverb)

English Meaning - with a great majority; to a very great degree.

52.vision (noun)

English Meaning - plan, pipe dream, mental image/picture.

53.align (verb)

English Meaning - give support to.

54.far-right (adjective)

English Meaning - relating to the extreme right-wing of a political party or group; extremely conservative, rightist.

55.settler (noun)

English Meaning - colonist, immigrant, habitant.

56.alienate (verb)

English Meaning - set apart, isolate, distance, detach, separate, disunite; estrange, make hostile/make unfriendly.

57.desperate (adjective)

English Meaning - hopeless, despairing, anguished, distressed, disheartened, devastated.

58.plant (verb)

English Meaning - place secretly

59.influence (noun)

English Meaning - power, authority, sway, clout, leverage, weight, position, muscle.

60.ceasefire (noun)

English Meaning - a negotiated agreement that will be accompanied by other associated commitments to de-escalate the fighting; a temporary stoppage of a war, truce, armistice.

61.truce (noun)

English Meaning - an ad-hoc (temporary/makeshift) arrangement, arrived at by the combatants (fighters), to pause the fighting. Temporary cessation/suspension (of hostilities); A deal to stop fighting for a certain time.

62.cessation of hostilities (phrase)

English Meaning - it means that the combatants are willing to stop fighting and to restrain their forces.

63.lasting (adjective)

English Meaning - permanent, firm, stable, durable, long-term, long-lasting.

64.acknowledge (verb)

English Meaning - accept, recognize, realize.

65.uphold (verb)

English Meaning - confirm, endorse/approve, vindicate/validate.