NoneOfUrBusiness , (edited )

I downvoted this. If you can point to anything Israel is doing that qualifies as genocide, I’ll retract my downvote. I’ve asked half a dozen times, here and on Reddit when people casually accuse Israel of genocide, and all I’ve got is basically “OMG how can you ask, don’t you know they’re doing bad things!”

Okay I'll bite. Trying to remove a people from their land Armenian genocide-style is also genocide, but admittedly it can be iffy. It is 100%, no question, ethnic cleansing though.

The West Bank: Settler violence with tacit (or public depending on the reigning government) support from the government, along with forcible confiscation of land for use in settlements, has been a thing in Israel since 1970, and the goal has always been to create "greater Israel". I'm not using the terms ethnic cleansing or Lebensraum lightly, but they both apply here. I think when literal pogroms are happening and the government does nothing except punish Palestinians who fight back, we can say the West Bank is undergoing a slow-burn genocide (or slow-burn ethnic cleansing if you object to the use of the word genocide).

Gaza: This. Add in far-right politicians (aka the ruling government) calling Palestinians human animals and calling on other countries to take them as refugees and you can see what's going on. The current Israeli government represents the people who had to be expelled from Gaza at gun-point, and they're out for blood.

Edit: There's also this if you wanna see an expert talking about it.

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