About my use of the word "genocide": genocide is defined not primarily by the scale of the killing, but most importantly by the intent behind it. The intent of

About my use of the word "genocide": genocide is defined not primarily by the scale of the killing, but most importantly by the intent behind it. The intent of the war on Gaza, as expressed repeatedly by the people prosecuting it, is to destroy the Palestinian people as a people. That's what makes it a genocide, not just the raw number of dead. https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/doc.1_convention_on_the_prevention_and_punishment_of_the_crime_of_genocide_0.pdf https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/doc.1_convention_o... (In the interest of keeping things on topic for HN, I won't respond to your other points)