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Israel's military offensive on Gaza is nearing the two-year mark. Tens of thousands of Palestinians, if not more, have been killed and nearly the entire population forcibly displaced multiple times. Rising starvation deaths amid an Israeli blockade and aid sites described as "killing sites" accompany increasing warning bells from international humanitarian agencies describing this as genocide.Yet, many countries seem reluctant to use the word. Last year, UK foreign minister David Lammy suggested that not enough people had been killed for it to warrant the term. Others have said it’s a matter for legal courts to determine.
So is what’s happening in Gaza a genocide? And who gets to decide that? In this episode of Expert Witness, we asked ten leading scholars. Here’s what they said.
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