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Palestinians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on 29 April 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (AFP)
Palestinians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, on 29 April 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (AFP)

The linking of Israeli actions in Gaza to crimes of the stature of the Holocaust locks many Israelis into deep-defensive mode as they view the Hamas attacks as having had genocidal intent, argues Michael Schmidt.

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