> Resisting an occupying force is not genocide.

Hamas’s charter explicitly calls for genocide, and the people of Gaza voted for Hamas, and still support Hamas per polls. They support that charter, its ideas, and the actions that result - such as the thousands of rocket attacks for over ten years, as well as the mass murder / mutilation / rape of October 7.

Fighting a war of self defense isn’t a genocide, right? If it is, then is every war a genocide? And if so does that word really provide any meaningful value, other than stirring up emotions?

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phatfish 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Can a war of self defence turn into a war of aggression?

	▲	dotancohen 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm sure that it could, but this clearly hasn't happened yet. We still see lots of high-quality videos of buildings being bombed by Israel. That is possible only because Israel warns civilians away from such structures. In a war of aggression, such warnings would not happen, and such videos would not exist.
	▲	SilverElfin 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I would say yes. The question is what definitively makes it that. So far, all I see is subjective judgment. Even in official reports, when you go deep enough in official reports from various organizations, it feels subjective.