If it wasn't genocide, then the world would have an easier time supporting them. Israel has used their "defense" forces since the beginning to attack, disable and displace ethnic Arabs living in their claimed territory. They did it in the 40s and 50s, they did it through the 60s and then again in the 80s, and in the 90s they did it once again with the Golan Heights law. It's a genocide as we know it, unless you're of the Chomsky brand of denial a-la Bosnia.
Ordinarily, nations with a preeminent claim to "living there" have a stronger defense when they say they were protecting themselves. Israel has a particular tenacity for moving their borders arbitrarily, ignoring international outcry and playing victim when the natives fight back.
Ordinarily, nations with a preeminent claim to "living there" have a stronger defense when they say they were protecting themselves. Israel has a particular tenacity for moving their borders arbitrarily, ignoring international outcry and playing victim when the natives fight back.