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Genocide or not

I guess starvation doesn’t count as genocide because it isn’t fast.

To the editor:

It is disheartening to read the Letters to the Editor from readers of The Berkshire Edge arguing about whether the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza amount to genocide or not (e.g., it can’t be genocide because the Israelis haven’t killed all the Palestinians in Gaza).

Is this not enough to condemn the Israeli government for genocide?

I guess starvation doesn’t count as genocide because it isn’t fast.

Steven H. Lipsitz
Worthington, Mass.

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