"Wholesale population displacement, destruction of a significant percentage of civilian structures, bombings, raids, land and sea blockades,"

These are all things that happen during war. Explain why this war is different. All war is bad. I genuinely don't see how this is not a war but a genocide.

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bhouston 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> "Wholesale population displacement..."

> These are all things that happen during war.

You do realize that Israeli government officials openly talk about permanent relocation (expel, "voluntary migration", emigration, etc) of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza all the time:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/smotrich-says-n...

https://www.timesofisrael.com/occupy-expel-settle-minister-m...

This woman was actually tasked with that job by Netanyahu:

https://www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-04-29/ty-article/.premium/...

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Supermancho 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have questions.

What do you think are the definitions of genocide and war? (why are they different words)

Do they overlap?

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js8 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You can think of genocide as a special case of a war, one where the party being genocided has no army or weapons to defend itself.

	▲	hersko 29 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What do you mean no weapons to defend themselves? They have plenty of weapons...
	▲	unyttigfjelltol 43 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran— all of them have both an armed force and weapons to fight with. Hamas in particular, instigated the hot conflict that started Oct. 7 2023, and prolonged it through hostage-taking and active participation in armed conflict. All these Iran-backed forces are formally allied into an Axis of Resistance, and their main success so far has been to confuse people like you about who holds the moral and ethical high ground. The reason they sought to sow doubt and confusion is to isolate Israel so they can destroy the nation, the whole thing, as they continuously have campaigned to do for perhaps 70 years.

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catlikesshrimp 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You cathegorize that as genocide when it is directed at a very specific group. Like jews in WWII, now it is Palestinians in their own country.

	▲	hersko 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		That is not at all what a genocide is.