Do you wish you could respond to accusations of “Israel committing genocide,” but feel stuck how to be productive? I want to help you. I’m going to tell you how I approach this challenge.

First, stay calm. Don’t attack them. Don’t call them antisemitic. Don’t go straight into Israel has the right to defend itself. Why? Because if someone’s using the word genocide, they’re reacting to real pain they’re seeing online. If you dismiss them or insult them, you’ll lose them.

Now I’m going to say something controversial: don’t jump into explaining the definition of genocide, how it requires INTENT to wipe out a people. Why is this controversial? Because this is the only thing I see Israel advocates saying online, but it doesn’t move the needle for me. Our strategy can’t be to leave the........

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