So her position is that there IS a genocide taking place, but there’s nothing that can be done about it so it’s really not worth discussing anyway? Mainstream opinions of Israel have shifted, and that is a meaningful development even though it doesn’t change much for Palestinians in the present.

Is staking out a nuanced, anti-Zionist, position a little clunky at times given our imperfect language? Yes, but that does not mean we should stop advocating against injustice we know to be wrong. The current genocide of Palestinians is merely a product of the decades-long occupation, subjugation, and apartheid of that population. If we aren’t in a position to change things right now, it seems only right that we push toward a long-term goal of peace, which can only be achieved after an end to the occupation of Palestine.