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Jim Chapman's avatar

You both need to consult the dictionary definition of genocide. Precision in language matters. What is happening in Gaza is a tragedy, but several million deaths short of a genocide.

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Kevin Barrett's avatar

The word "genocide" is defined precisely by international law, and no, it does not require the magic number of six million deaths, or any specific number. Here is a detailed explanation, by an international law professor, of what that definition is, and why Israel was obviously guilty of genocide even before the recent obliteration of Gaza: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2339254

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