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Both Israelis and Palestinians are accusing each other of genocide. In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to a genocide expert on the legal definition of the term.
En las protestas propalestinas ha sido habitual ver a personas con pancartas pidiendo el fin del genocidio en la Franja de Gaza.
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¿Se está produciendo un genocidio en Oriente Próximo? A ambos lados del conflicto en Israel y la Franja de Gaza, muchos responden que sí.
Un experto en genocidios aclara algunos conceptos en este artículo.
Pessoas segurando cartazes pedindo o fim do genocídio na Faixa de Gaza têm sido uma ocorrência comum em protestos pró-palestinos.
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As pessoas falam sobre genocídio de várias maneiras diferentes, desde técnicas até coloquiais - mas uma guerra de palavras não substitui um caminho para a paz, escreve um estudioso de genocídio.
Seseorang mengalungkan poster yang menuntut diakhirinya genosida di Jalur Gaza.
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Banyak orang menyebut genosida dalam perang Israel-Hamas, tetapi perang kata-kata tidak dapat menjadi jalan perdamaian.
People holding signs calling for an end to genocide in the Gaza Strip have been a common occurrence at pro-Palestinian protests.
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People talk about genocide in a few different ways, ranging from technical to colloquial – but a war of words does not replace a path to peace, a genocide scholar writes.
A battle over the superstar’s estate landed in court.
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With the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror, at least for now, we look back on a handful of stories that provided sharp insights at key moments in the pandemic.
Supporters listen to former President Donald Trump at the CPAC meeting in Maryland in March 2023.
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A scholar of extremism attended the CPAC meeting in March, in part to try to understand political polarization, and only saw signs of a worsening divide.
The pandemic put millions of people on the edge of eviction.
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While all groups experienced increased housing vulnerability after the pandemic hit, only people of Asian descent continued to see their situations worsen in 2021 as the US spent trillions trying to soften the impact.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, view a memorial at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, New York, in May 2022.
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President Biden outlined his achievements in key policy areas and sketched out his plans for the rest of his term in office.
Rioters break windows and breach the Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
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The insights of an ancient historian show that the causes of civil unrest are often the same over time and across societies.
Infowars founder Alex Jones in court during his Sandy Hook defamation damages trial in Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 22, 2022.
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Shame and guilt seem equally foreign to many politicians and public figures these days. Rather than cover their bad behavior with a veneer of hypocrisy, they revel in it, a classics scholar says.
Voting at home by mail can be very convenient – and safe from concerns about COVID-19.
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A new study found that the device people used to communicate in a negotiation made a big difference in how likely they were to deceive for personal gain.
A woman runs from a house on fire after shelling in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine in June 2022.
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A classics scholar looks at Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony and says only a rare few are able to summon courage. For others, the drive to maintain power produces cowardice and willful blindness.
President Joe Biden signs the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act into law.
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