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In reply to the discussion: Genocide? This is in fact what genocide looks like: [View all]cab67
(3,620 posts)That said, I would never use the term "genocide" in this context. Way too many innocent civilians are being murdered, and way too many are being displaced, but this results from a willingness to accept collateral damage on the part of the IDF. In my view, a lot of this damage could have been avoided, and civilian deaths are excessive. (I'm aware of the argument that Hamas is using civilians as human shields. There's a difference between melting away into the population, as members of terrorist organizations usually do, and making a strategic decision to put civilians in harm's way, which is what militaries do.
Although too many Israelis would like to see the entire Palestinian Arab population of Gaza moved and resettled (and no, I am NOT saying this is the mainstream view within Israel), I don't think there's an effort to deliberately exterminate these people.