The Term 'Genocide' is Being Misused and Abused

The terms “genocide” and “Holocaust” are bandied about today with no real understanding. Every death is not a Holocaust. Every bad person is not a Nazi nor is every right-wing leader a Hitler. Words are important. Throwing around the words genocide or Holocaust should not be done casually. ...This ruling from the ICJ in the Hague referred to a “humanitarian catastrophe” taking place in Gaza but came far short of calling it a genocide because it is not genocide. South Africa’s charge is a gargantuan misuse and abuse of the word genocide, of the Genocide Convention, and of the law. its entire strategy was rhetorical, one-dimensional, and simplistic. It went like this: If so many people in Gaza died at the hands of Israel it is plain and simple genocide.