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They have form.
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“Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossible, because there will be no words in which to express it.” - George Orwell, 1984
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I can understand why the editors would be cautious about using the term “Palestine”, as readers might assume it’s currently a nation-state when in reality it’s a prospective state (one that could and should exist alongside the State of Israel – any sort of one-state solution is a dangerous fantasy).
“Refugee camps” and “occupied territory”, though? Those are facts on the ground in the West Bank and areas surrounding Israel.
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“Genocide” is a defined legal concept, not merely euphemistic.
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