• mhague@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    By genocide they mean the Genocide©, a fun and engaging news story that got a bunch of people to care about something we’ve been noticing for years.

    Not to be confused with the genocide, the reality that has been occurring for decades.

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      19 days ago

      Yikes, let’s not trivialize the brutality of the last 2 years, even in the context of the decades of occupation, apartheid and ethnic cleansing.

      The author of the piece is Diana Buttu, “a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and a former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization. Best known for her work as a legal adviser and a participant in peace negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian organizations, she has since been associated with Stanford University, Harvard University, and the Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU).” [src] So, I dunno man, maybe she gets to use words with thoughtful intent.