Word: martyrize
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...precondition for peace in the Gulf. His strategy--"yes, absolutely, yes" to go to war with Israel in the case of U.S. attack--is designed to undermine Arab support for the international coalition. Even if Hussein loses the ensuing war, he will go down in history as a brave martyr for the Palestinian cause...
...admission came as Darci Alves da Silva, 23, and his rancher father, Darly Alves da Silva, 54, went on trial in the Amazonian town of Xapuri last week for the murder of Francisco ("Chico") Mendes, the Brazilian rubber tapper and defender of the rain forests who became an environmental martyr after a single shotgun blast killed him in 1988. Asked by the judge if he "carried out" the murder, Darci answered, "I confirm...
Therefore another goal of the committee can be seen: to incite students so heavily that the posters would be removed almost immediately. As a result of the predictable immediate removal, the committee would hope to gain martyr status, become a darling of Harvard's politically correct and wait patiently for students to form the opinion that right here at Harvard, just as in the Occupied Territories, where Palestinian freedom of expression is stifled by the Israelis in power, the discussion of the plight of the Palestinians is being squelched by the agents of the powerful international Jewish conspiracy...
...long-awaited event: the trial of two men accused of murdering Chico Mendes. In fact, everyone who cares about environmental issues is watching to see whether justice will prevail in the case of the humble rubber tapper whose defense of the Amazon rain forest made him a world-renowned martyr...
There is no way of telling how far the wheel of violence will turn. Kahane's teachings are now being disseminated far more widely than they were before, and a minority of Jews will regard him as a martyr. His followers are angry, looking for revenge, certainly in Israel and possibly even in the US. Israeli public mistrust of Arab, especially Palestinian intentions, will probably rise...