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We Are Elated by the Gaza Ceasefire News. Now, the World Must Hold Israel to Account for 2 Years of Genocide (zeteo.com)

submitted 2 months ago by theacharnian@lemmy.ca to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] CptInsane0@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

2 years?

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months 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.