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National PostGroup releases dictionary of 'highjacked' terms misused since outbreak of Israel-Hamas war
“The initiative emerges from a growing recognition that the erosion of language is not merely a semantic concern,” says Michal Cotler-Wunsh, CEO of the International Legal Forum.
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The Jewish Chronicle‘Genocide’, ‘war crimes’ and ‘colonialism’: New dictionary seeks to reclaim terms used as ‘political weapons’
The International Legal Forum, an Israel-based network of 4,000 lawyers, aims to clarify language that has been misused to incendiary effect.
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The Jewish ChronicleWhen words become weapons: Why we launched a dictionary to reclaim legal terms
Only when international law is applied consistently and equally can it protect victims and establish accountability. Demonisation, delegitimisation, and double standards fuel ever-mutating antisemitism, embolden extremism, and threaten the foundations of democracies.
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The Jerusalem PostILF launches dictionary to reclaim 'hijacked' terms related to October 7
“Three years of responses to the October 7 massacre and the multi-front war waged that day have exposed an additional existential warfront,” said Cotler-Wunsh.
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i24NEWSMichal Cotler-Wunsh joins Benita Levin to discuss the ILF’s Dictionary of Terms
ILF CEO Michal Cotler-Wunsh discusses the Dictionary of Terms, a new resource designed to remember, reclaim, and renew the foundational principles of the law that have been systematically hijacked, redefined, inverted, and weaponized.
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Trending PoliticsThree years after October 7, the International Legal Forum launches dictionary
Today, on the third commemoration of the October 7, attack of barbarism on civilization, the International Legal Forum (ILF) launched its Dictionary of Terms, introducing an online resource designed to remember, reclaim, and renew the foundational principles of the law that have been systematically hijacked, redefined, inverted, and weaponized.
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Israel HayomHebrewלנצח בחזית השיח: המאבק באנטישמיות עובר דרך הקרב על המילים
מאז ה-7 באוקטובר, נחשף שמושגים רבים - בהם "אפרטהייד", "רצח עם", "טיהור אתני" ו"פשעי מלחמה" - נחטפו, עברו מניפולציה פוליטית, ושימשו ככלי נשק במאבק על דעת קהל עולמית. כעת משיק הפורום המשפטי הבינלאומי כלי דיגיטלי למאבק בעיוות.
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JNSReclaiming the language that safeguards civilization
Three years after Oct. 7, a new initiative seeks to restore integrity to international laws.
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