delegitimize

The difficult term delegitimize, which seems to be the best way to describe the event, has been said, "To revoke the legal or legitimate status of a government."

iToot Stream Haitham Sabbah 2010

The difficult term delegitimize, which seems to be the best way to describe the event, has been said, "To revoke the legal or legitimate status of a government."

Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

The difficult term delegitimize, which seems to be the best way to describe the event, has been said,

Palestine Blogs aggregator 2010

And the Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, is warning critics not to degil -- delegitimize, that is -- delegitimize his country's presidential election.

CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2009 2009

New international resolutions would cause anxiety in Israel, where many people worry about what they see as a strengthening campaign to "delegitimize" the Jewish state.

Can the United Nations create a Palestinian state? Jackson Diehl 2010

I might also point out that, despite those who claim that such comparisons "delegitimize" Israel's existence, I do not recall that those of us in the anti-apartheid struggle, while demanding regime change, ever questioned the right of South Africa to exist.

Open letter to Professor Gil Troy 2009

I might also point out that, despite those who claim that such comparisons "delegitimize" Israel's existence, I do not recall that those of us in the anti-apartheid struggle, while demanding regime change, ever questioned the right of South Africa to exist.

Archive 2009-12-01 2009

Since the Goldstone report, Israel's political leaders and public have been agitated over what they claim to be a worldwide effort to "delegitimize" the Jewish state.

Henry Siegman: Is Israel's Legitimacy Under Challenge? Henry Siegman 2010

For he unquestioningly asserts that Israeli governments are (regularly) responsible for "bad behavior" -- and seeing that behavior as bad, as unjustified, is, in most cases, precisely what it means to "delegitimize" Israel.

Andrew Pessin: Tony Judt's Trojan Gift Horse 2010

Judt continues: "The bad behavior of [Israel's] governments does not 'delegitimize' it ..."

Andrew Pessin: Tony Judt's Trojan Gift Horse 2010