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Global peacekeepers against entering Israel maybe (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

universal

'global' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'peacekeepers against entering israel maybe' is the wordplay.
'peacekeepers' becomes 'un'.
'against' becomes 'v' (abbreviation for 'versus'**).
'entering' is an insertion indicator.
'maybe' is an anagram indicator.
'israel' is an anagram of 'iersal'.
'v' going inside 'iersal' is 'iversal'.
'un'+'iversal'='UNIVERSAL'

(Other definitions for universal that I've seen before include "Applying throughout the world" , "wide-ranging and comprehensive" , "Common" , "Belonging to the whole world" , "Worldwide or cosmic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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