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Gaza Isn’t the First Genocide the US Has Denied — and Abetted

Gaza Isn’t the First Genocide the US Has Denied — and Abetted

From Guatemala to East Timor to Yemen, the US has a pattern of obfuscating and aiding crimes against humanity.

10.08.2025 6

Truthout

Jeff Bachman

Gaza isn’t the first time US officials have downplayed atrocities by American-backed regimes – genocide scholars found similar strategies used from East Timor to Guatemala to Yemen

US officials have used a number of rhetorical strategies – ways of talking about something – to distance the country from, and avoid...

07.08.2025 20

The Conversation

Jeff Bachman