Question

foreign minister ebans argument
now there could be no doubt about what was intended
for us. with my very ears i heard president nassers
speech on 26 may. he said:
\we intend to open a general assault against israel. this
will be total war. our basic aim will be to destroy israel.\
on 2 june, the egyptian commander in sinai, general
mortagi, published his order of the day, calling on his
troops to wage a war of destruction against israel. here,
then, was a systematic, overt, proclaimed design at
politicide, the murder of a state.
the policy, the arms, the men had all been brought
together, and the state thus threatened with collective
assault was itself the last sanctuary of a people which had
seen six million of its sons exterminated by a more
powerful dictator two decades before.
—israeli foreign minister abba eban.
according to the reading, what is the meaning of the
word \politicide\?
murder of a politician
destruction of a nation-state
a military invasion
genocide

Explanation:

The text explicitly defines politicide as "the murder of a State", which matches the option describing the destruction of a nation-state.

Answer:

destruction of a nation-state