Civilian deaths in Gaza rival those of Darfur – which the US called a ‘genocide’ | Alan J Kuperman
Civilian deaths in Gaza rival those of Darfur – which the US called a ‘genocide’ | Alan J Kuperman
In fact, terror attacks and hostage-taking sparked several recent conflicts that US presidents of both parties labeled genocide
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My old boss Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, bravely said recently what Joe Biden has been afraid to: “Palestinian civilians do not deserve to suffer for the sins of Hamas, and Israel has a moral obligation to do better.
The ongoing violence, Schumer noted, threatens not just the lives of Palestinians but the security of Jewish people worldwide by alienating global allies appalled by the bloodshed.
China, starting last decade, reacted to years of terrorist attacks in Xinjiang by detaining in re-education camps at least 1 million civilians – mainly Muslim ethnic Uyghurs – and interfering in their reproduction.
On 7 October 2023, Hamas attacked Israel from Gaza, killing more than 1,100 soldiers and civilians, and taking more than 200 hostages, which they justified as a response to decades of expulsion, occupation and oppression.
In 2017, the US attacked and defeated the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria – which held much more territory including densely populated cities – but the US rate of civilian killing was less than one-tenth, 500 per month at most.
Ironically, many now defending Israel’s retaliation in Gaza were previously vocal opponents of similar responses to terrorism by Sudan, Myanmar and China – which they called genocide.
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