The Hindu Editorial (Punishing Hamas) – May 27, 2024

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The Hindu Editorial (Punishing Hamas) – May 27, 2024:

Hamas (noun) – Hamas is an Islamist militant group based in Gaza.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ)/ World Court (noun) – It is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946. The seat (headquarters) of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands).
ruling (noun) – verdict, decree, judgement, decision, pronouncement.
render (verb) – make, cause to be/become.
standing (noun) – position, status, reputation, stature.
offensive (noun) – attack, assault, onslaught, raid, act of war, incursion, invasion.
Rafah (noun) – a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip.
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.
setback (noun) – problem, difficulty, issue.
grind on (phrasal verb) – to continue for a long time.
civilian (noun as modifier) – non-military person, ordinary citizen.
casualty (noun) – victim, fatality, mortality (people killed in a war).
in sight (phrase) – noticeable, visible, in view; near at hand.
genocide (noun) – mass murder, massacre, racial killing.
Tel Aviv (proper noun) – a city on Israel’s Mediterranean coast. (Jerusalem is the capital city of both Israel and Palestine, under their laws. Most other countries disagree. Most countries have their embassies with Israel in Tel Aviv).
measure (noun) – action, step, procedure.
ceasefire (noun) – a negotiated agreement that will be accompanied by other associated commitments to de-escalate the fighting; a temporary stoppage of war, truce, armistice.
lead to (verb) – cause, bring on, bring about, result in, produce, give rise to.
alleged (adjective) – supposed, so-called, purported, reported, presumed.
war crime (noun) – According to the United Nations, a war crime is a serious violation/breach of international law committed against civilians or “enemy combatants” during an international or domestic armed conflict.
besides (preposition) – apart from, other than, barring, excluding.
hostage (noun) – a person captured or held as security for the fulfilment of certain conditions/terms.
prosecutor (noun) – a lawyer who presents the government’s case against someone accused of a crime; counsel.
International Criminal Court (ICC) (noun) – an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal that sits in The Hague, Netherlands. The International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. As a court of last resort, it seeks to complement, not replace, national Courts. Governed by an international treaty called the Rome Statute, the ICC is the world’s first permanent international criminal court.
claim (verb) – state, argue, contend, allege, charge, accuse.
humanity (noun) – compassion, fellow feeling, kindness, sympathy, consideration; humankind, the human race, human beings, humans, people.
sought past and past participle of seek (verb) – ask for, request, call on, appeal, apply, petition for.
arrest warrant (noun) – It is a written order issued by a Court to a police officer to arrest and produce an offender or to search his premises for a particular thing.
unperturbed (adjective) – untroubled, undisturbed, unworried, unmoved.
development (noun) – incident, event, occurrence, happening, phenomenon, situation, turn of events.
pound (verb) – strike, hit, attack with bombs.
binding (adjective) – obligatory, compulsory, mandatory, necessary; required, essential, imperative.
lack (verb) – be without, bee in need of, require, be devoid of.
mechanism (noun) – means, method, medium, channel.
trigger (verb) – cause, give rise to, lead to, bring about, generate.
cross border (adjective) – across a border between two states/countries.
in the dark (phrase) – do not know anything about; unaware of, ignorant of, unconversant with, unacquainted with.
crush (verb) – defeat, suppress, overcome, triumph over, vanquish, quell, quash.
captivity (noun) – imprisonment, incarceration, arrest, restraint, confinement, internment, detention, custody.
mark (verb) – denote, identify, indicate; evaluate, assess.
incompetence (noun) – inability, lack of ability, incapability, incapacity.
disproportionate (adjective) – inordinate, excessive, immoderate, undue, unreasonable, unjustifiable.
strip (noun) – a long, narrow piece of land.
graveyard (noun) – cemetery, burial ground.
recognise (verb) – (formally) acknowledge, accept, admit (of a statehood).
line of thinking (noun phrase) – way of thinking.
the West (noun) – The Western world/civilization consisting of the majority of Europe & the North America.
irrationally (adverb) – unreasonably, thoughtlessly, erratically, illogically.
bolster (verb) – strengthen, support, make stronger, reinforce, buttress.
deterrence (noun) – the act of deterring/stopping someone from doing something.
shattered (adjective) – ruined, damaged, broken, dreadful, terrible, awful.
seek (verb) – try, aim, attempt.
cause (noun) – reason, grounds, basis, motive, purpose, justification, necessity.