Reply #86: thanks for posting that and proving my point.

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Look, Israel's actions against the Palestinians don't meet the criteria. And no serious analyst or reputable human rights organization claims they do. Grab a clue. The face of genocide is not several thousand deaths over 40 years. The face of genocide is Rwanda, Cambodia, Sudan. You'd have a better case arguing that China has committed genocide in Tibet where over half a million people have been killed in an occupation of 50 years. And yet the situation in Tibet isn't considered genocide either.

Populations don't grow when genocide is committed. You'd have a very, very difficult time arguing genocide just because of that fact.

Again, oppression, no doubt. And personally, I think there's a good argument that the Settlements in the WB are a form of ethnic cleansing. But genocide shouldn't be diminished by people prone to gross hyperbole. What's funny- in a black humor kind of way- is that what's actually happening is bad enough. But those prone to grotesque hyperbole- for whatever reason and those pushing their own little agendas, can't see the harm they do. Sad.