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Israel proper

Israel proper proper noun: the State of Israel, excluding territories captured during the Six-Day War or afterwards.

israel proper: the State of Israel, excluding territories captured during the Six-Day War or afterwards
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Proper noun

Israel proper

  1. The State of Israel, excluding territories captured during the Six-Day War or afterwards.
    • The vast majority of Palestinian detainees from the West Bank are incarcerated in prison facilities that are inside Israel proper.2024 March 21, Isaac Chotiner, quoting Tal Steiner, “The Brutal Conditions Facing Palestinian Prisoners”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Questions about Israel proper

What does Israel proper mean?
Israel proper means the State of Israel, excluding territories captured during the Six-Day War or afterwards.
What part of speech is Israel proper?
Israel proper is a proper noun.

Words near Israel proper in the dictionary

  1. Israel Derangement Syndrome
  2. Israel Destruction Force
  3. Israel Destruction Forces
  4. Israel Israeli
  5. Israel Occupation Forces
  6. Israel proper
  7. Israel Standard Time
  8. Israel Summer Time
  9. Israel-firster
  10. Israel-firsters
  11. israelane

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