Notice two key features of this definition. It speaks of acts, whereas part of the genocide case against Israel involves the misinterpretation of quotes from Israeli officials who have vowed Hamas’ elimination, not the elimination of Palestinians. And it uses the term as such -- meaning the acts are genocidal only if they are directed at Palestinians as Palestinians, not as members of Hamas or, heartbreakingly, as collateral deaths in attempts to destroy Hamas. If Israel were trying to commit genocide, it wouldn’t be putting its soldiers at risk or allowing humanitarian relief to arrive from Egypt or withdrawing many...