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  • noun The act of Judaizing; a conforming to the Jewish religion or culture. Compare with Hellenisation.

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Examples

  • KT: We can look at the workings of the municipality's Local Outline Plan Jerusalem 2000, a published document that does very little to conceal the objectives of the Israeli authorities which can be described as the Judaization of Jerusalem, that is to change the demographic composition of the city to favor the Jewish-Israeli population.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

  • In a statement e-mailed to reporters in Gaza, the Ansar al-Sunna faction said the attack was a response to Israel's "Judaization" of Islamic holy places in Jerusalem and elsewhere in the West Bank.

    Gaza Rocket Kills Man in Israel 2010

  • Mr. Dugard goes on to lament the "Judaization" of Jerusalem, which if nothing else is a revealing use of language.

    Your U.N. at Work -- III 2008

  • The origin of this predominant position (which, be it noted, must in no sense be regarded as an indication of "Judaization," as a symptom of dependence of the party upon the money of Jewish capitalist comrades) is to be found, as far at least as concerns Germany and the countries of eastern Europe, in the peculiar position which the Jews have occupied and in many respects still occupy.

    Political Parties; a Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy 1916

  • Islamic clerics protest the "Judaization" of Jerusalem, accuse Israel of injecting walls of al-Aqsa mosque with chemicals to speed deterioriation

    David Horowitz Freedom Center 2010

  • When someone complains that this is "Judaization" of Jerusalem - something some Israelis openly claim - he or she is denounced as an anti-Semite.

    JPost.com - Front Page 2010

  • Though they vowed to organize demonstrations against Israel's refusal to release Palestinian prisoners and its "Judaization" of Jerusalem and Al-Aksa Mosque, the Gaza leaders also noted that "popular resistance" - a term designating rioting and other non-military methods of confrontation - was not a sufficient alternative to "armed resistance," meaning terrorist attacks.

    JPost.com - Front Page 2010

  • "Judaization" campaigns have caused thousands of Palestinians to lose their homes, their legal residency, or both.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

  • Though they vowed to organize demonstrations against Israel's refusal to release Palestinian prisoners and its "Judaization" of Jerusalem and Al-Aksa Mosque, the Gaza leaders also noted that "popular resistance" - a term designating rioting and other non-military methods of confrontation - was not a sufficient alternative to "armed resistance," meaning terrorist attacks.

    JPost.com - Front Page 2010

  • Islamic clerics protest the "Judaization" of Jerusalem, accuse Israel of injecting walls of al-Aqsa mosque with chemicals to speed deterioriation

    David Horowitz Freedom Center 2010

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