“Took”
26 October 2009
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The Temple Mount, revered by Jews as the site of two ancient temples and by Muslims as the site of the Dome of the Rock and Al Aksa Mosque, has been the focus of simmering unrest recently. The compound sits in contested territory that Israel took from Jordan in the 1967 war. (full article…)
“Took” is a euphemism for “conquered” when it comes to coverage of Israel in the New York Times.
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