burn in effigy
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In any event, an Israeli plebiscite would likely sound the death knell for an agreement based – as any to emerge from Kerry’s planned talks would have to be – upon the Oslo Accords, the 1994 framework for a Palestinian state that, as a candidate, Netanyahu used to burn in effigy, marching beside a coffin labeled “Oslo.”
From Time
But I admit it is a disadvantage that they have not a saint or hero to crown in effigy as well as a traitor to burn in effigy.
From Project Gutenberg
Is this Guy Faux you burn in effigy?
From Project Gutenberg
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