Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)

OK. then say that, because that's not genocide. It's not the wholesale destruction of an ethnic or religious group.

If Israel and the US were interested in a genocidal campaign in Gaza against the Palestinians, it would have all been over a long time ago and the Palestinian population would be dust.

Just my 2 cents but Israel certainly has the means to eradicate every Palestinian in the region but chooses not to. Hamas does not (yet) have the means to eradicate every Jew in the region but has made it very clear they would if they could.

Seems like we should park the word 'genocide' during this conflict. What's happened is plenty bad, but genocide is not something that is happening.
It's certainly not genocide, but If Israel ends up annexing Northern Gaza and doesn't allow the Palestinians to return to that land, then this will have been a textbook operation of ethnic cleansing. Genocide is only one method of ethnic cleansing.