Sentence examples for abandon resistance from inspiring English sources

A broad alliance of strange bedfellows stretching from the far right to self-described "realists" to the progressive left wants the United States to abandon resistance to rising authoritarian power.

Following the uprising in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia in early July 1941, Pećanac quickly resolved to abandon resistance against the Axis, and by the end of August had concluded agreements with the German occupation forces and the puppet government of Milan Nedić to collaborate with them and fight the communist Partisans.

Its spokesmen have hinted that Hamas has abandoned resistance against Israel, while it remains in the vanguard of the struggle against the "Zionist enemy".

When he made assaults upon the circuit of the wall, the natives, with the help of Carthaginians, defended themselves vigorously at first, but when the women and children were moved to tears and laments, they abandoned resistance.

By this time the majority of Armenians had abandoned resistance and accepted the prince favored by Rome.

To be sure, the idea behind the unity agreement is for Hamas to become an integral part of the Palestinian body politic, and permanently abandon violent resistance to the Israeli occupation in favor of peaceful political resistance.

They say they will not unilaterally abandon their resistance against Israeli occupation for the kind of talks that have failed them so far, especially given that Mr. Sharon does not aspire to a final settlement but rather a nonbelligerency accord.

And the United States has had to abandon its resistance to resuming multiparty negotiations with North Korea, something Beijing has pushed and Washington has resisted as being a reward for the North's aggression.

The U.N.'s next challenge will be to persuade the interim government to stop packing the conference with its own allies at the expense of Sunni nationalists and radical Shiites who might be willing to abandon armed resistance for a real chance to shape the new Iraq.

Alloush said "America had a moral duty to increase the pressure" and, in particular, needed to intervene to persuade Russia to require Assad to negotiate seriously, including by ending the use of starvation sieges to force Syrians to abandon the resistance.

Gerry Adams, the bearded revolutionary who was the president of Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Republican movement, had entered into peace negotiations with the British government, attempting to persuade the I.R.A. to abandon armed resistance and tolerate a continued British presence in Northern Ireland.