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"ref": "2016 February 6, “Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace”, in The National, retrieved 2016-02-08",
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"sense": "activities of vigilante",
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"word": "önkéntes/önjelölt polgárőrség"
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"word": "önkényes igazságosztás/rendfenntartás"
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