Reply #9: I saw an article in the US media today...

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...that referred to the invasion of Gaza as an 'initiative'. Just gotta love that ever-so benign language, though I think that media source should have toned things down even more by referring to it as an 'education campaign'. ;)

btw, unlike someone else in this forum who only points out the use of the term genocide is wrong when it's done by supporters of Palestinian rights, I'm more equal opportunity about it, and I want to point out that while what Israel's doing in Gaza is appalling and showing a complete lack of concern for the safety of Palestinian civilians, it's not genocide. For genocide to be happening there has to be an intent to destroy in part or whole a racial/religious/national/ethnic group, and while there are a minority of nasty folk on both sides who'd be happy as pigs wallowing in mud to carry that out, it doesn't apply to either side in the conflict...