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Even more problematically, some of the more extreme figures in Netanyahu’s Cabinet have seized on Trump’s words as implicit approval for their own plans to depopulate Gaza and reannex the territory.
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Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 31 July 2025
Military casualties and the deaths of young people who have not yet had children may heighten fears that war will permanently weaken an already depopulating country.
—Mark L. Haas, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
Urban neighborhood after urban neighborhood was depopulated.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
As deforestation depleted the local industry, the sawmills moved away and the area was depopulated.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 13 July 2025
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Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 31 July 2025
Military casualties and the deaths of young people who have not yet had children may heighten fears that war will permanently weaken an already depopulating country.
—Mark L. Haas, Foreign Affairs, 24 July 2025
Urban neighborhood after urban neighborhood was depopulated.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 13 July 2025
As deforestation depleted the local industry, the sawmills moved away and the area was depopulated.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 13 July 2025
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“Depopulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/depopulate. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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