Word: extremist
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Although some of the publication's critics have labelled its viewpoints as extreme, Aron shies away from using that word to describe his new journal. "'Extremist' implies that you accept the current spectrum of political thought," Aron said. "'Radical' [implies] that you are challenging the fundamental base of a lot of assumptions...
MUCH of the extremist language of Hussein and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) towards Israel results from their belief that a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian issue is not possible. Any way the United States could undermine this belief would make Iraq hesitate before choosing...
Some Palestinians reacted with joy to the death of "someone who believed that all non-Jews were animals," as a spokesman for the extremist group Islamic Jihad put it. But they also feared reprisals from Kahane followers. Faisal Husseini, one of the most prominent Palestinian leaders in Jerusalem, warned that "the Kach supporters represent a real danger to the life of every Arab...
...north of the Chouf Mountains is expected to enjoy relative peace. Several of the dozen or so militias that sprang up during the country's 15 years of civil war have promised to disband their forces and transform themselves into political parties. The pro-Iranian Hizballah, a Shi'ite extremist group that is thought to hold most of the Western hostages in Lebanon, feels threatened by the recent Syrian deployment in its stronghold, Beirut's southern suburbs. But given the importance Damascus attaches to its relations with Iran, especially in the midst of the effort to isolate Iraq, the Syrians...
First, the sub-headline "Witnesses Say Massacre Sparked After Stone-throwing Incident" implies that the massacre was caused by stone-throwing Palestinians. This renders the extreme provocation by the extremist Jewish group "Temple Mount Faithful" marginal in the issue...