Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Publisher signals
60/100
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An advocacy group has released a dictionary full of terms that it says have been hijacked and misused, particularly for the past three years, since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
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it → release → war
“The initiative emerges from a growing recognition that the erosion of language is not merely a semantic concern,” says Michal Cotler-Wunsh, the CEO of the International Legal Forum, the group behind the new online resource.
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Wunsh → emerge → resource
“When terms such as ‘genocide,’ ‘apartheid,’ ‘war crimes,’ and ‘crimes against humanity,’ are detached from their legal definitions and repurposed as political weapons, the consequences extend far beyond a specific conflict, article, post, or courtroom.
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consequences → detach → conflict
The integrity of law itself is placed at risk.
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integrity → place → risk
The dictionary not only defines the terms, but provides which countries the terms have been weaponized against.
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terms → define → countries
It provides real-world examples and examines how words have been misused.
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words → provide → examples
Its release falls on Oct. 7, the third anniversary of when Hamas terrorists murdered 1,200 people in Israel and took 251 hostage.
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terrorists → fall → 251
Several university campuses in Canada housed encampments that demanded support for Israel come to an end and called the war a genocide.
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support → house → war
The term genocide was coined in the aftermath of the Holocaust, when six million Jewish people were targeted and systematically murdered by the Nazi regime in Europe.
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people → coin → Europe
She said the attempt to “hijack” such terms is done to “demonize, delegitimize, and apply double standards to ‘the Jew’ among nations.”
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attempt → say → nations
“It has enabled the unleashing of this unconventional weapon, the ultimate lie in the ‘progressive’ antisemitism playbook: accusing Israel of genocide, even as it defends itself from openly declared genocidal intent launched with Hamas’s pre-meditated war crimes and crimes against humanity,” she said.
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she → enable → humanity
The term was used against Israel immediately after October 7, even before they responded to the attack, she added.
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she → use → attack
In a 2025 report and again in 2026, the United Nations accused Israel of committing genocide.
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Nations → accuse → genocide
Many experts and Jewish advocacy groups strongly denied that claim.
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experts → deny → claim
In response, a statement from Israel said the report “relies entirely on Hamas falsehoods, laundered and repeated by others.”
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report → say → others
The dictionary lists Canada as a country that the term genocide is weaponized against.
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term → list → that
“Canada continues to embolden genocidal terror and tyranny,” said Cotler-Wunsh.
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Wunsh → continue → terror
Tragedies occur, especially when that is the intent of those who deliberately and systematically hide amongst and below civilians.
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who → occur → civilians
According to the International Legal Forum, the dictionary is intended to make vital legal principles and terms accessible to a broad audience.
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principles → accord → audience
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