M. J. Murphy
1 min readApr 5, 2024

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1. Israel ≠ Jews. There many people of many different religions living in Israel. ~20% are Muslim.

2. Almost as many Jews live in the U.S. as do Israel. No one's accusing American Jews of genocide (but many American Jews are accusing Israel of genocide).

3. False equivalencies between Jews and Israel is a propaganda tactic used to defend against legitimate criticism of the Israeli government and military. Even if it weren't, being Jewish doesn't inoculate against the ability commit genocide. For proof see the Old Testament.

4. By many aspects of the commonly accepted definition of genocide, Israel is currently perpetrating a genocide against residents in Gaza. Forced relocations, destruction of healthcare, housing, and cultural institutions, starvation, mass murder of women and children, intentional targeting of aid workers and journalists, etc. The language used by the current government and military supports the conclusions that this genocide is intentional, not an unintended by-product of war.

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M. J. Murphy
M. J. Murphy

Written by M. J. Murphy

Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies, Univ. Illinois Springfield

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