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  2. Palestinian political violence - Wikipedia

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    Arab military volunteers in 1947 Hamas' military wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, on parade. Palestinian political violence refers to actions carried out by Palestinians with the intent to achieve political objectives that can involve the use of force, some of which are considered acts of terror, and often carried out in the context of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

  3. Russian war crimes - Wikipedia

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    Russian war crimes. Residential building in Dnipro, Ukraine, after a Russian missile attack on 14 January 2023. Russian war crimes are violations of international criminal law including war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide [1] which the official armed and paramilitary forces of Russia have been accused of committing ...

  4. Espionage - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information ( intelligence ). A person who commits espionage is called an espionage agent or spy. [1] Any individual or spy ring (a cooperating group of spies), in the service of a government, company, criminal organization, or independent ...

  5. Hamas war crimes - Wikipedia

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    Hamas war crimes are the violations of international criminal law, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, which the Islamist Nationalist organization Hamas and its paramilitary wing, the al-Qassam Brigades have been accused of committing. These have included murder, intentional targeting of civilians, killing prisoners of war and ...

  6. History of crime fiction - Wikipedia

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    Crime fiction in history [ edit] Crime Fiction came to be recognised as a distinct literary genre, with specialist writers and a devoted readership, in the 19th century. Earlier novels and stories were typically devoid of systematic attempts at detection: There was a detective, whether amateur or professional, trying to figure out how and by ...

  7. Buddhism and violence - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist scripture condemns violence in every form. Ahimsa, a term meaning "not to injure", is a primary virtue in Buddhism. [1] However, Buddhists have historically used scriptures to justify violence or form exceptions to commit violence for various reasons. [2] [3] As found in other religious traditions, Buddhism has an extensive history of ...

  8. Killings and massacres during the 1948 Palestine war

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    According to historians, whether deliberate or otherwise, the massacres did have a strong impact on the exodus of the Palestinian Arab population.For example, the Deir Yassin massacre is considered to have generated more panic among the Arab population than all other previous operations together and to have caused a mass flight of Palestinians in numerous areas, partly because the actual ...

  9. Forced displacement - Wikipedia

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    Forced displacement. Forced displacement (also forced migration or forced relocation) is an involuntary or coerced movement of a person or people away from their home or home region. The UNHCR defines 'forced displacement' as follows: displaced "as a result of persecution, conflict, generalized violence or human rights violations".