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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

  • Written by Jeff Bachman, Associate Professor, Department of Peace, Human Rights & Cultural Relations, American University School of International Service
imagePalestinians crowd to get food in Gaza City on July 30, 2025. Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images

Since World War II, the United States has repeatedly supported governments that have been committing mass atrocities, which are defined by genocide scholar Scott Straus as “large-scale, systematic violence against civilian...

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