I am not going to insult you and much prefer a civil, substantive and fact based exchange.
I've lived among the Muslims and just as not all Jews hate Muslims, not all Muslims hate Jews or would wipe out all Jews if they had a chance.
Even if they wanted to, Israel's Muslim neighbors are entirely incapable of a military victory over the Israeli - US Military so all the hyperbole about running Jews "from the river to the sea" is a rhetorical diversion from the 1,000% greater likelihood that Israel - US will run the Palestinians from the river to the sea and that is what is happening since militant and criminal "Settlers" have already redrawn Gaza's maps. (1)
In the briefest sense, the word "genocide" means the killing and / or expulsion of one group by another.
A slightly more detailed definition is offered by Encyclopedia Britannica:
“Genocide; definition:
Genocide, the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race. The term was derived from the Greek genos (‘race,’ ‘tribe,’ or ‘nation’) and the Latin cide (‘killing’). Learn more about the history of genocide in this article.
www.britannica.com
“Genocide, the deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their
ethnicity,
nationality, religion, or
race. The term, derived from the Greek
genos (“race,” “tribe,” or “nation”) and the Latin
cide (“killing”), was coined by Raphael Lemkin, a Polish-born jurist who served as an adviser to the U.S. Department of War during
World War II.”
If you have been following this 8+ month old "war" with any level of objectivity you can't deny that that is precisely what is happening in Gaza.
Like snowflakes, no two genocides are alike. Genrikh Yagota, Leonid Reichman (2) etc didn't kill millions by dropping 2,000 pound bombs on overcrowded, civilian neighborhoods on a regular basis but preferred to inflict their genocide through mass starvation and blockading life's basic necessities:
“We are imposing a complete siege on Gaza. No electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals, and we will act accordingly.”
Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant
A similar genocidal declaration was made by another of Netanyahu's henchmen:
“We are now rolling out the Gaza Nakba,”
Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter
Finally, there are countless Jewish and non Jewish groups that are openly declaring the carnage in Gaza a genocide.
Just two of them are:
- “Jews Against Genocide statement and action”
www.ijan.org
EXCERPT “We, Jews Against Genocide, came to Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial of the genocide committed against Jews, to honor the Palestinian children who are dying in a genocide committed by Jews.
We brought dolls to symbolise the children of Gaza, and tried to bring a glimpse of the horror that Gazan’s face, to Israel’s doorstep. We hope to show Israel, and the world, the absurd reality of using the memory of one genocide to justify another.” CONTINUED
- “A Textbook Case of Genocide”
“Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?”
Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?
jewishcurrents.org
EXCERPT "But the assault on Gaza can also be understood in other terms: as a textbook case of genocide unfolding in front of our eyes. I say this as a scholar of genocide, who has spent many years writing about Israeli mass violence against Palestinians. I have written about settler colonialism and
Jewish supremacy in Israel, the distortion of the Holocaust to boost the
Israeli arms industry, the
weaponization of antisemitism accusations to justify Israeli violence against Palestinians, and the racist regime of Israeli
apartheid. “ CONTINUED
Finally, you wrote earlier:
In addition to spending time in the Middle East, studying its conflicts, I have studied / followed Middle Eastern history and changing events for 60+ years and never before have I seen the level of anti Israel sentiment from so many diverse corners as I've seen in the last few months and it's only going to get worse as the world's 1.7 Billion Muslims begin to retaliate around the world.
My question is, if or when Israel's right wing element succeeds in exterminating / expelling Gaza's native residents, destroying all evidence of their existence (graveyards, religious sites, ancient olive groves etc) and then populating Gaza with illegal "Settlements", how is that not genocide by any legal definition?
Are you sure that you wouldn't loudly condemn the carnage in Gaza as a genocide if the tens of thousands
of civilian victims were Jewish instead Muslims?
It is at least my opinion that if one considers all members of all races, ethnic, religious groups and nationalities to be equal, then what Netanyahu, Gallant, Dichter are doing in Gaza can only be called a genocide.
Thanks,
(1). "Jewish settlers set their sights on Gaza beachfront"
They see an opportunity to push for a return of Jewish settlements to the Palestinian territory.
www.bbc.com
EXCEPTS "Opinion polls suggest that most Israelis oppose resettling Gaza, and it is not government policy, but since the Hamas attacks on 7 October it is being talked about out loud - by some of the loudest and most extreme voices in Israel's government.
I put it to her that her comments sound like a plan for ethnic cleansing. She does not deny it.
"You can call it ethnic cleansing. I repeat again, the Arabs do not want, normal Arabs do not want to live in Gaza. If you want to call it cleansing, if you want to call it apartheid, you choose your definition. I choose the way to protect the state of Israel. " CONTINUED
(2). "Stalin's Jews"
"We mustn't forget that some of greatest murderers of modern times were Jewish"
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3342999,00.html
EXCERPT "And us, the Jews? An Israeli student finishes high school without ever hearing the name "Genrikh Yagoda," the greatest Jewish murderer of the 20th Century, the GPU's deputy commander and the founder and commander of the NKVD. Yagoda diligently implemented Stalin's collectivization orders and is responsible for the deaths of at least 10 million people.
In 1934, according to published statistics, 38.5 percent of those holding the most senior posts in the Soviet security apparatuses were of Jewish origin. They too, of course, were gradually eliminated in the next purges.
Many Jews sold their soul to the devil of the Communist revolution and have blood on their hands for eternity. We'll mention just one more: Leonid Reichman, head of the NKVD's special department and the organization's chief interrogator, who was a particularly cruel sadist."CONTINUED
(3). “Israel-Hamas war: Even Gaza's graveyards have suffered destruction”
Nearly half the burial sites in the Palestinian enclave have suffered damage by armored vehicles, air strikes and artillery fire from the Israeli army.
www.lemonde.fr
EXCERPT “Nearly half the burial sites in the Palestinian enclave have suffered damage by armored vehicles, air strikes and artillery fire from the Israeli army.
The situation at the Jabaliya cemetery was not isolated. Scores of videos and photos, shot and taken by Gazan residents and journalists, have documented the destruction of at least eight major cemeteries in the Palestinian territory since the start of the Israeli army's ground operations. They show destroyed tombstones and human remains dispersed from their graves and scattered over the upturned earth.” CONTINUED