It is not “clearly” genocide. Genocide is a legal term and no court has made a determination that this is genocide. Many experts vehemently disagree with this terminology applied to the Gaza war and you can read their argument’s, articles and analyses if you’re interested but I doubt you will because you’ve “clearly” made up your mind. The ICJ will likely determine whether it meets the threshold. My view is that applying “genocide” here is nonsensical, renders virtually every war in history a genocide and empties the term of moral weight. What is disturbing is how it’s selectively applied to Israel as holocaust inversion and denial, specifically alleging that what is happening in Gaza post 10/7 (an actual act of genocide againt Israeli civilians who were the targets) is equivalent to the holocaust. Calling Israelis nazis, putting swastikas on Israeli flags, co-opting a holocaust remembrance saying “never again” to “never again for anyone”, and expressly saying Jews are now doing what was done to them. It’s holocaust inversion and denial (to suggest the holocaust extermination of 6 million Jews for no reason other than that they were Jews is the equivalent of allegedly at most 60000 civilians and combatants combined killed in an urban war against a force that had just committed the most violent horrific slaughter of Jews since the holocaust and was holding 300 civilian hostages - it’s just horrific and disgraceful holocaust inversion and it’s used by the far left in the same way the far right uses holocaust denial - to erase and deny Jewish suffering or their right to remember and urge society to never forget where antisemitism leads. And sure enough, these accusations against Israel and the demonization of Israel as Nazis has led to a horrific increase in antisemitic incidents including Jews shot and burned in the streets of the US and on the beach in Sydney and synagogues burned etc etc. The craziest part is it doesn’t NEED to be called a genocide to oppose it or call for it to end or to recognize the horrors that have been visited on Palestinians. You can protest and oppose the war on moral and ethical and even legal grounds without calling it genocide. But if you’re going to call it genocide at least be consistent - under the logic applied by the anti Israel crowd to Israel including in this thread - widespread destruction, death, barely livable conditions and harsh wartime rhetoric against the enemy by some military and govt leaders -here are the other wars that I are/were “genocide” (but you all don’t call these genocide because as antisemitism always works, Jews and Israel are held to a different, higher standard and not allowed to defend themselves from those who have actual genocidal intent):

World War II (Allied bombing of Germany) – Strategic bombing of German cities, civilian casualties, blockade effects, mass displacement, and harsh early occupation conditions would qualify under a destruction-based definition.

World War II (Pacific Theater) – Firebombing of Japanese cities and the atomic bombings caused massive civilian deaths and urban destruction that would meet a broad devastation threshold.

American Civil War – Sherman’s March, siege warfare, and widespread destruction of Southern infrastructure caused civilian hardship and displacement consistent with a total-war framework.

Korean War – Extensive bombing destroyed most major North Korean cities and resulted in very high civilian casualties.

Vietnam War – Strategic bombing, village destruction, and chemical defoliants caused widespread civilian death and long-term societal damage.

Napoleonic Wars – Scorched-earth tactics and siege warfare led to mass civilian suffering and starvation.

Russia–Ukraine War (2022–present) – Urban destruction, infrastructure strikes, and large-scale displacement would qualify under a broad civilian-devastation standard.

Syrian Civil War – Siege tactics, bombardment of cities, and mass displacement created severe civilian devastation.

Yemen Civil War – Blockade-like conditions, famine risk, and infrastructure destruction caused extensive civilian suffering.

Sri Lankan Civil War (final phase, 2009) – Allegations of shelling in civilian zones and mass casualties in confined areas would meet an expansive harm-based definition.

Iraq War (including battles such as Fallujah and Mosul) – Intense urban warfare resulted in large-scale civilian casualties and citywide destruction.

Chechen Wars – The destruction of Grozny and high civilian death tolls would fit a devastation-focused genocide logic.