Ethnic cleansing is the mass killing or expulsion of an ethnic or religious group from a region by a different group. Genocide is the extermination or attempted extermination of a group. Expelling isn't the goal.
I'm trying to understand what is happening.
Ethnic cleansing and genocide are not the same thing, although they are related. (South Africa seems intent on changing what "genocide" means.)
The first recorded genocide occurred when the Israelites attacked the Canaanites at Jericho, where the walls came tumbling down. Men, women and children were put to the Bronze Age sword, along with their domestic animals. (If the ancient story is true.)
In the current ruinous war in West Asia, Hamas has vowed to cleanse the area of Jews, and some leaders in Israel have vowed to cleanse the area of Palestinians.
Our government can and should stop the war. It's a road to hell.
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