The Watcher @watcher@vivaldi.net 16h Replying to @aral Merriam-Webster defines "genocide" as "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group" (merriam-webster.com/dictionary...). Collins Dictionary says "Genocide is the deliberate murder of a whole community or race" (collinsdictionary.com/ dictiona...). This is NOT happening in Gaza. To speak of a 'genocide' in this context is not just a gross exaggeration (ask Jews what a real genocide is. They know. Also October 7, when the Hamas deliberately indiscriminately murdered as many Israelis as they could, was a genuine act of genocide. What the Israeli armed forces did - including warning civilians in advance of war manoeuvres - was not. The Hamas warned nobody). Any war is ugly (the Hamas could have ended it quickly by releasing the hostages. Why were there hostages in the first place? But they preferred to keep also their people of Gaza hostages, as human shields). What you are doing is an uncritical repeating of buzzwords from Islamicist and Islamogauchiste propaganda. It is an injustice to use such terminology (an inversion and a kind of victim blaming) and it is also an affront to the Palestinians who are Israeli citizens and are serving in the Israeli armed forces. Please do not do that. Show Less Definition of GENOCIDE Definition of 'genocide' by Merriam-Webster merriam-webster.com