Definitions for facts on the ground
facts on the ground

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1. facts on the groundnoun

   Some aspects of the situation in a particular location.

2. facts on the groundnoun

   A euphemism, similar to fait accompli, used as an oblique way of saying that discussions over the possession of a given piece of territory has been rendered moot by the presence of military forces.

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1. Facts on the Ground

   Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society is a 2001 book by Nadia Abu El Haj based on her doctoral thesis for Duke University. The book has been praised by some scholars and criticised by others.Controversy over the book intensified five years after its publication, after news emerged in 2006 that Abu El Haj was under consideration for tenure at Barnard College where she served as an assistant professor. Barnard alumnae mounted a campaign to deny tenure to Abu El Haj that centered on what they described as the book's anti-Israel bias, prompting a counter-campaign in support of the book and Abu El Haj. The University ultimately granted Abu El Haj tenure in November 2007.

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1. Facts on the ground

   Facts on the ground is a diplomatic term that means the situation in reality as opposed to in the abstract. It originated in discussions of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, where it was used to refer to Israeli settlements built in the occupied West Bank, which were intended to establish permanent Israeli footholds in Palestinian territory. It is a literal translation of the Hebrew term "Uvdot Ba'Shetach" which is frequently used in Israeli political debates and discussions. The map project by Americans for Peace Now which tracks the Israeli settlements is called "Facts on the Ground".

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of facts on the ground in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of facts on the ground in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of facts on the ground in a Sentence

1. Norbert Roettgen:

   Russia is determined to create facts on the ground, and when they have accomplished this, then they will invite the West to fight a common enemy, this is ISIS.

2. Ken Cuccinelli:

   We acknowledge Governor Abbott’s recognition that the facts on the ground along with border comport with the Constitution’s understanding of an invasion, however, the Governor does not appear to formally declare an invasion nor direct the National Guard and [DPS] to remove illegals across the border directly to Mexico.

3. Patrick Lozada:

   There is a broad hawkishness on China that straddles left, right, and center, the problem with this consensus is that in the absence of a credible counter-argument, the actual facts on the ground can sometimes be lost as people compete to see who can be more hawkish.

4. Mike Pompeo:

   We call on the OAS and all its member states to act on basic, decent democratic principles and the incontrovertible facts on the ground, his regime is morally bankrupt, it's economically incompetent and it is profoundly corrupt.

5. Vali Nasr:

   Regardless of how much complaining we do about Russian intervention, or how skeptical we are that they can actually succeed, the fact of the matter is that they have taken over the facts on the ground, they have been much more aggressive in talking to everybody and everybody has been willing to talk to them, whereas in the case of the U.S., we have been talking about doing diplomacy but our diplomacy is not actually in practice.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Facts_on_the_Ground
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facts_on_the_Ground
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=facts on the ground