WAR & PEACE

Key Question : What are the consequences of local conflicts on the global geopolitical scene ? 

VOCABULARY LIST 

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A) Account, Acid, Advance, Aerial, Agency, Aggression, Aggressor, Agitator, Aim, Aircraft, Airfield, Airplane, Airport, Alarm, Alert, Alliance, Allies, Ambush, Ammunition, Anarchy, Anguish, Annihilate, Apartheid, Appeasement, Armament, Armed forces, Armory, Arms, Arsenal, Artillery, Ashore, Assassin, Assassinate, Assault, Atrocity, Attack, Attrition, Authority, Automatic

B) Barrage, Barricade, Battalion, Battle, Battlefield, Belligerent, Betray, Blast, Blindside, Blood(y), Bloodletting, Blow up, Bomb, Bombardment, Booby trap, Breach, Brutal, Brutality, Bullet, Bulletproof, Bunker, Burn, Burning, Bury

C) Cadaver, Camouflage, Campaign, Captive, Captive, Capture, Careen, Cargo, Carnage, Carrier, Casualties, Cataclysm, Cautionary, Cautious, Chaos, Charge, Charred, Checkpoint, Chief, Chopper, Civilian, Clamor, Clandestine, Clash, Coalition, Collapse, Combat, Combat, Command(or), Commandos, Compassion, Compliance, Concentration, Concussion, Conflagration, Conflict, Confrontation(al), Confusion, Conquer, Consequences, Consolidate, Conspiracy, Conspire, Control, Convoy, Coordinate, Coordinates, Corps, Corpse, Counterattack, Countermand, Courageous, Crisis, Cross-hairs, Culpability

D) Damage, Danger, Dangerous, Dash, Dead, Deadly, Death, Debacle, Debris, Decline, Defect, Defend, Defense, Defensive, Defiant, Demolish, Demoralization, Deploy, Desert, Despot, Destroy, Destruction, Detect, Detection, Detonate, Devastation, Device, Dictator, Die, Disarmament, Disarray, Disaster, Disastrous, Discipline, Disease, Dismantle, Dispatch, Disperse, Dispute, Disruption, Dissonance, Dominate, Doom, Downfall, Drama, Dread, Drone, Duck, Duty

E) Encounter, Endurance, Enemy, Enforcement, Engagement, Epithet, Escalation, Escape, Evacuate, Evacuee, Excess, Execute, Execution, Exercise, Expectations, Explode, Exploitation, Explosion, Explosive, Expunge, Extremism

F) Faction, Fanatic, Fatal, Fear, Fearless, Ferment, Ferocious, Feud, Fierce, Fiery, Fight, Fighter, Flank, Flee, Flight, Force(s), Forceful, Fortification, Foxhole, Fray, Frenzy, Fright, Front lines, Fuel, Fugitive, Furtive

G) Garrison, Gas, Generator, Genocide, Germ warfare, Government, Grave, Grenade, Grievous, Groans, Guard, Guerrillas, Guided bombs, Guns, Gunship

H) Hammering, Harsh, Hatch, Hate, Hatred, Hazard, Helicopter, Heroic, Heroism, Hide, Hijack, Hijacker, Hit, Hit-and-run, Holocaust, Horrific, Horses, Hostile, Hostility, Howitzer

I) Ignite, Impact, Improvise, Incident, Incite, Incontrovertible, Infantry, Inferred, Infiltrate, Inflame, Informant, Injuries, Instructions, Insurgent, Insurrection, Intelligence, Intense, Intercept, Interdiction, International, Interrogation, Intervene, Intimidate, Invasion, Investigate, Investigations, Involvement, Ire

J) Jeer, Jets, Join

K) Keening, Kidnap, Kill, Knives, Knock-out

L) Lamentation, Land mines, Laser-activated, Launch, Launcher, Legacy, Liaison, Liberation, Liberators, Links to, Loathsome, Loyalty

M) Machine guns, Machines, Maim, Malevolent, Malicious, Maraud, March, Massacre, Mayhem, Megalomania, Menace, Method, Militancy, Militant, Militaristic, Military, Militia, Mines, Missile, Mission, Mistreatment, Mobile, Mobilization, Momentum, Mortars, Munitions, Murder, Muscle

N) Nationalist, Negotiation, Neutralize, Nightmare, Nitrate, Notorious

O) Offensive, Officials, Onerous, Operation, Opposition, Order, Outbreak, Overrun, Overthrow

P) Pacify, Paramedics, Partisan, Patriot, Patriotism, Patrol, Penetration, Performance, Persecute, Petrify, Photos, Pilot, Pistol, Planes, Platoon, Plunder, Position, Post-traumatic, Potent, Pound, Powder, Power, Powerful, Preemptive, Premeditate, Prey, Prison, Prisoner, Proliferation, Provocation, Prowl, Pugnacious, Pulverize

Q) Quail, Quarrel, Quell, Quiver

R) Radiation, Radical, Rage, Rally, Ravage, Ravish, Reaction, Readiness, Rebel, Rebellion, Reconnaissance, Recovery, Recruitment, Refugee, Regime, Regiment, Reinforcements, Relentless, Reparation, Reprisal, Reputation, Rescue, Resistance, Retaliation, Retreat, Retribution, Revenge, Revolution, Ricochet, Rifle, Rift, Rival, Rocket, Rot, Rounds, Rule, Ruthless

S) Sabotage, Sacrifice, Salvage, Sanction, Savage, Scare, Score, Scramble, Screening, Secrecy, Secret, Security, Sedition, Seize, Seizure, Sensor, Setback, Shelling, Shells, Shock, Shoot, Shot, Showdown, Siege, Skirmish, Slaughter, Smuggle, Soldier, Special-ops, Specialized, Spokesman, Spotter, Spy, Spy satellite, Squad, Stash, Stealth, Storage, Storm, Straggler, Strangle, Strategic, Strategist, Strategy, Strife, Strike, Strip, Stronghold, Struggle, Submarine, Subversive, Suffering, Superstition, Supplies, Support, Suppression, Surprise, Surrender, Survival, Survivor, Suspect

T) Tactics, Tank, Target, Tension, Terrain, Terror, Terrorism, Terrorist, Terrorize, Threat, Threaten, Thwart, Topple, Torch, Torpedo, Tourniquet, Tragic, Training, Trample, Transportation, Trap, Trauma, Treachery, Trench, Trigger, Triumph, Turbulent

U) Unbelievable, Unconventional, Unexpected, Uniform, Unify, Unit, Unite, Unleash, Uprising, Urgency

V) Vanguard, Vanish, Vehicle, Vehicular, Vendetta, Venomous, Veteran, Vicious, Victory, Vile, Vilify, Violation, Violence, Virulence, Vital, Vitriol, Vociferous, Void, Vow, Vulnerability

W) Wage, War, Warheads, Warnings, Warplane, Warrant, Warrior, Watch list, Watchdog, Watchful, Weapon, Well-trained, Whiz, Wince, Wisdom, Worldwide, Wounds, Wreckage

X) X-ray

Y) Yearn, Yelling

Z) Zeal, Zealot, Zigzag, Zone

From : https://myvocabulary.com/word-list/terrorism-vocabulary/

Shocked _____(1) woke on the last day of the Jewish high holidays to the _____(2) of sirens as Hamas and Islamic Jihad fired thousands of _____(3) from Gaza and armed militants broke down the hi-tech _____(4) surrounding the strip to enter Israel, shooting and taking _____(5). Militants in boats also tried to enter Israel by sea.

It was a _____(6) and unprecedented offensive by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and a catastrophic intelligence failure by Israel – and both will have long-lasting repercussions and consequences. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, declared that Israel was at war and that Palestinians would pay a heavy price.

Militants _____(7) Jewish communities near the border with Gaza, killing and _____(8) civilians and soldiers. Unverified videos showed terrified Israelis covered in blood, and with hands tied behind their backs, being taken by Palestinian _____(9). Many people _____(10) _____(11) safe rooms in their homes as the _____(12) _____(13) _____(14) them.

Hundreds of young people at an all-night dance festival in _____(15) Israel found themselves under fire. “They were going tree by tree and shooting. Everywhere. From two sides. I saw people were dying all around,” said one survivor.

By nightfall on Saturday, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) estimated there were still 200-300 Palestinian militants inside Israel. There were eight “points of engagement” where the IDF was trying to _____(16) control from militants.

Israel called up army _____(17) and _____(18) a wave of _____(19) on the tiny _____(20), which is home to 2.3 million people. Netanyahu warned Palestinians in Gaza to “get out of there now” as he _____(21) to reduce Hamas hideouts to “_____(22)”, but there is nowhere for those in the _____(23) territory to escape to.

Warplanes _____(24) several buildings in the centre of Gaza City, including Palestine Tower, an _____(25) building that houses Hamas radio stations.

Israel has indicated it may launch a _____(26) _____(27), although this would carry huge risks both for IDF troops and for Israeli hostages being held in the territory.

Israel has cut off electricity and fuel _____(28) to Gaza, which may soon affect the strip’s medical _____(29) that are already under extreme _____(30) from people injured in the bombardment.

Video recorded in Gaza _____(31) a mosque destroyed in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, and several large buildings in Gaza City in _____(32).

Palestinians in Gaza shared images of text messages sent by the Israeli military to people in the Beit Hanoun area in the north of the strip that _____(33) them to leave their homes before the airstrikes.

Fill in the blanks with the conjugated verbs with the following forms : https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=DFIiP_M62USdzDpChgyiJdHN8kEZuK5AvkIrGL-rk49UNzRZOU04V0JGTDlDWVcyR1NVQkRVSlpUNCQlQCNjPTEu

know, go, declare, face, pledge, be, acknowledge, tell, grant, expect, allow, denude, threaten, carry out, involve, join, have

Hamas, along with other militias which may _____(1) in the fight, like Hezbollah in Lebanon, are nowhere near being a military match for Israel. A reported request by the Taliban in Afghanistan to Iran to let its fighters transit to fight Israel _____(2) to change that balance, even if passage _____(3).

But Benjamin Netanyahu’s government _____(4) the severest security crisis in decades with the potential prospect of combat on two fronts, Lebanon and Gaza, as well as escalation in the West Bank where militant Palestinian groups such as the Jenin Brigade and Lion’s Den _____(5) already in a rising number of armed clashes with Israeli security forces.

The colossal failure of the country’s much-vaunted intelligence system, which _____(6) Hamas to seemingly plan and arm itself for this operation for months, _____(7) astonishing.

Along with “humint” (human intelligence) from agents on the ground, communications in Gaza _____(8) monitored, as are the movements of people and vehicles at the border, with the most advanced sensors. Israel _____(9) regular air strikes on the territory to ensure, it says, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, another militant group, do not build up stockpiles of weaponry such as missiles. A “decapitation” campaign – targeted killing of senior militant figures – supposedly _____(10) command and control.

What went so wrong will be examined by boards of inquiries in the future and will almost certainly lead to resignations and sackings in the security hierarchy. A “decapitation” campaign – targeted killing of senior militant figures – supposedly _____(10) command and control.

What went so wrong will be examined by boards of inquiries in the future and will almost certainly lead to resignations and sackings in the security hierarchy. We _____(11) they _____(12) this quantity of missiles, and we certainly _____(13) they would be so effective as they were.”

What happens now? The Israeli government formally _____(14) that it is at war. Netanyahu _____(15) “mighty violence”, _____(16) to reduce Gaza to “rubble” and _____(17) its inhabitants to leave immediately, although it is unclear where _____(18) meant to go.

FT prepare a news review with one of your classmate and present it to the class without notes : it has to last from 2 to 3 minutes.