The language being used to describe Palestinians is genocidal | Chris McGreal

I covered the Rwandan genocide as a reporter. The language spilling out of Israel is eerily familiar

Israel's president, Isaac Herzog, set the tone as he spoke about how far to assign guilt for the worst single atrocity against Jews in his country's history.

It's an entire nation out there that is responsible. This rhetoric about civilians not aware, not involved, it's absolutely not true. They could've risen up, they could have fought against that evil regime," said Herzog.

Chris McGreal writes for Guardian US and is a former Guardian correspondent in Washington, Johannesburg and Jerusalem