I don't think that Larry Kuperman is right when he said there is a fundamental difference between what happened in nazi Germany and what happens today in Palestine. Between the two there exists a quantitative difference and not a difference of principle. In both cases it is the same principle at work: the idea of nationalism, i.e. the idea that you can hold someone (some individual) "responsable" for something his ethnic group (or any other kind of group) supposedly did. In both, cases nazi germans and today's nationalistic israelis were and are judging and condamning some individuals (individual jews in one case, individual palestinians in the other) for something blamed on the entire group.
The reason why nazi Germany gased the jews while the nationalistic Israel isn't gasing the palestinians is that nazi Germany had the power to do it, while today's Israel does not have such power. If Israel would start gasing palestinians US would stop supporting and selling arms to Israel - this is the main reason why Israel isn't more harsh on the palestinians, it is as harsh as it manages to get away with.
So, in my opinion, what truly conts are not the numbers, but the guiding principle (there were less gypsys murdered by the nazis then jews - this doesn't make the death of a gypsy less important that the death of a jew - it is the same principle at work). And the lesson of the Holocaust is a lesson about the consequences of the nationalistic principle. And, unfortunatly for the palestinians and for the entire Middle East, nor Israel nor the arabs seem to have learned this lesson.
[In case anyone gets offended by my reply, I want to be clear that my point isn't at all an anti-semitic point, it is a liberal and genarally anti-nationalistic point. I don't have anything against any particular jew, I am against Israel's policy exactly because it is a nationalistic (fascist) policy (although on many points I am more in favor of Israel than in favor of the palestinian authorities - e.g. I don't think that the dismantling of settlements is a right thing to do - this policy is also determined by nationalistic reasons - palestinian nationalism this time).]

Genocide is defined as: : the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group. The point is often debated in scholarly and legalistic circles as to what defines or constitutes "deliberate" and "systematic." However, I think most people can agree that what is going on in Israel - Palestine (or Palestine - Israel) is sad and in many ways fits the description or category of a crime against humanity.
That said, no one can force Israel to sign the world court agreement (they haven't, nor has the U.S.), but Americans could go a long way towards stopping the violence if we decided to stop giving Israel 4 Billion dollars a year in military aid via the Pentagon.
Israel, Turkey and Columbia are the largest recipients of U.S. military aid. All three have participated in the systematic killing of various groups (Palestenians, Kurds and leftists). I can't think of a more fitting way to honor the memory of the victims of genocide than stopping our own state sponsored killings. Regardless of who pulls the trigger, if we (i.e. the U.S. ) fund it, we're equally responsible for those deaths.

Genocide is defined as: : the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group. The point is often debated in scholarly and legalistic circles as to what defines or constitutes "deliberate" and "systematic." However, I think most people can agree that what is going on in Israel - Palestine (or Palestine - Israel) is sad and in many ways fits the description or category of a crime against humanity. That said, no one can force Israel to sign the world court agreement (they haven't, nor has the U.S.), but Americans could go a long way towards stopping the violence if we decided to stop giving Israel 4 Billion dollars a year in military aid via the Pentagon. Israel, Turkey and Columbia are the largest recipients of U.S. military aid. All three have participated in the systematic killing of various groups (Palestenians, Kurds and leftists). I can't think of a more fitting way to honor the memory of the victims of genocide than stopping our own state sponsored killings. Regardless of who pulls the trigger, if we (i.e. the U.S. ) fund it, we're equally responsible for those deaths.

BS.  Get off the kick, and dont try this one again.